Comment on When your Powerbank is dying and u can smell electrolytes escaping

db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  As far as I know, it only happens when actively combusting. Not sure if it counts as actually combusting at the point in the meme?

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m not sure either, but if it’s about to go up it’ll get there quickly enough.

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    • BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Fair enough. Although the amount from a smaller battery shouldn’t be too much. Just don’t breathe near it.

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• user134450@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  hydrofluoric acid

  Not sure if serious but just in case: why would there be any HF in a lithium ion battery?

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s a byproduct of thermal runaway failure.

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