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2. Hot topic: Researchers push to reduce fire risk from lithium ...

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   The lithium-ion battery is a near-ubiquitous technology with a serious flaw: They sometimes catch on fire. A video of crew and passengers aboard a JetBlue flight feverishly dumping water on a ...

3. What are lithium-ion batteries, and how do they catch fire ...

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   Chances are, you probably own a device powered by lithium-ion batteries. The energy source is convenient for its ability to pack a lot of charge into a slim package. Lithium-ion batteries are ...

4. These batteries are a rapidly emerging fire hazard. Here's ...

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   New Bedford became a research site as fire experts try to increase data available on lithium ion battery fires -- a rapidly increasing fire hazard.

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   [9] [10] The Azorean harbourmaster told Reuters that lithium-ion batteries in electric cars had ignited and the fire could only be extinguished with special equipment. Contrary to speculations in the media, it is unknown whether an electric car caused the initial fire. [11] [12]

6. Environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries - Wikipedia

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   This type of battery is also referred to as a lithium-ion battery [1] and is most commonly used for electric vehicles and electronics. [1] The first type of lithium battery was created by the British chemist M. Stanley Whittingham in the early 1970s and used titanium and lithium as the electrodes.

7. Lithium-ion battery - Wikipedia

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   A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li + ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy. In comparison with other commercial rechargeable batteries, Li-ion batteries are characterized by higher specific energy, higher energy density, higher energy efficiency, a longer cycle life, and a longer calendar life.