The (small) cell is in sea salt saturared water (expensive, I know!) in my
shower tub.

If I don't live through the night, may the source be with you ;-)

-marc

On 9/11/06, William Chops Westfield <westfw@mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Marc Nicholas wrote:
>
> > Chemistry seems to remind me that Li is safe under oil?
> > I really would sleep better putting this sucker into safe
> > containment and doing the Right Thing(tm) with hazmat tomorrow.
> >
> Typically, the dangerous Li-ion battery reactions are not those
> between metallic Lithium and the air; you get thermite-like
> reactions between cathode (?) materials like cobalt oxide and
> the lithium, and/or simple combustion of vaporized electrolyte
> (which is flammable.)  I don't think oil is a good idea (more
> flammable stuff.)
>
> I've heard anecdotally that the "proper" disposal for damaged
> cells is to throw them in a moderate sized bucket of salt water.
> Outside, of course.  This decomposes the lithium that's left,
> dissipates any remaining charge,  and cools everything down
> to the point where it is unlikely to combust.  This sounds
> reasonable to me, except that I'm no sure how dangerous the
> resulting solution is (chemically speaking.)
>
> BillW
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