Lithium-ion Battery Explosion (IMAGE)

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Lithium-ion Battery Explosion

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Making lithium-ion batteries safer will prevent explosions like these, as tested on a prismatic cell pack at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Division in Crane, Indiana.

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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division image/Thomas Adams

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