I recall an "incident" in the late 1950's while I was working as a Lab tech. At another site the troops were instructed to dispose of a small quantity of metallic sodium. here was a creek nearby so the plan was to simply loosen the lid on the jar (I believe it was kept submersed in kerosene), and pitch it in the creek. As the water reached the sodium it would burn. When the plan was executed the resulting flare more resembled an atomic explosion in miniature complete with a mushroom cloud. The breeze carried bits of metallic sodium over the parking lot where the employee's cars were parked. It was never disclosed as to what it cost the company to repaint 30 or so cars.... Fortunately, the public was never involved because it was a secured (unusual in those days) Nuclear reactor site! Moral of the story: Beware of DIY hazardous disposal... John Ferrell W8CCW "My Competition is not my enemy" http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Nicholas" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 9:36 PM Subject: [EE]: Safe disposal of "compromised" LiIon cell? > Let's just say I had a culinary accident tonight and my Blackberry 8100R > is > now...ummm...toast? > > 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. > > Any thoughts? > > -marc > > P.S: no, it didn't smell good as it was cooking > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist