Iowa State: Charred Chunks in the Blast Box: Reducing Risk of Battery Fires, Explosions
July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025
AMES, Iowa, July 22 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
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Charred chunks in the blast box: reducing risk of battery fires, explosions
AMES, Iowa - You can't tell it was a lithium-ion battery.
A lab photo shows a messy pile of charred and burned fragments and powders that were ejected from the battery can. This is what happens when a battery is pushed beyond its limits, to what engineers and scientists call " . . .
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Charred chunks in the blast box: reducing risk of battery fires, explosions
AMES, Iowa - You can't tell it was a lithium-ion battery.
A lab photo shows a messy pile of charred and burned fragments and powders that were ejected from the battery can. This is what happens when a battery is pushed beyond its limits, to what engineers and scientists call " . . .