On Thu, 2 Aug 2018, Richard Pope wrote:

> James, Ryan,
>     What has happened is a cascade failure. Remember that a battery is
> made of several cells. When one of these cells failed it overheated the
> cells around it. This caused these cells to fail and this overheated
> surrounding cells and so forth. The lithium in the batteries would react
> in a violent manner to the oxygen in the air when the cells were
> breached. Once this type of failure starts there is no way to stop it.

Actually, if I remember correctly, it's not the oxygen in the air that's=20
the problem but the composition of the electrolyte. Some chemistries are=20
happy to oxidise the lithium without the need for atmospheric oxygen.

Regards
Sergio Masci
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