How to store lithium based batteries Lithium based batteries require extra attention as improper storage can cause units to overheat and potentially catch fire in a... 25 7717 15
What are lithium metal batteries? This article deals mostly with disposable lithium metal batteries – see What are Lithium-Ion batteries for more information on rechargeable... 1 1290
Air travel with lithium batteries Lithium is a relatively new technology and there are concerns about its stability. Most notably, this battery type has been... 1 2789 7
What are Lithium-Ion batteries? Lithium-ion refers to rechargeable (or secondary) lithium batteries. They should not be confused with lithium metal disposable batteries which we... 1 1450
Safety issues with lithium batteries Since commercial introduction in the early nineteen nineties, lithium metal batteries (disposable) and lithium-ion batteries (rechargeable) have been produced in... 2510
Shipping lithium batteries Lithium batteries are defined in international regulations and by many transport companies as a hazardous material (HazMat). This applies to... 2 2517
How to calculate the lithium content in a battery If you intend to ship or travel with lithium cells, batteries or battery packs, you will need to know their lithium... 5 4281 2
How to calculate the Watt Hours (Wh) of a lithium battery If you intend to ship or you are traveling by air with lithium cells, batteries or battery packs, you will... 7 25794 6
What are lithium batteries? Lithium batteries are so called because the metal they originally used as plates is lithium based as apposed to, for example,... 1 366
Why don’t lithium ion batteries last forever? Lithium ion has gone from virtually unheard of in 1990 to one of the most used battery chemistries in the... 4 1011 2
VIDEO – How a lithium ion battery works This excellent video from BASF covers what happens inside lithium ion batteries when they are charging and discharging. Although its... 1 279
VIDEO – How a lithium battery is made In this film we’ll explain how lithium based batteries are made. Transcript Over 200 years ago Alessandro Volta invented the... 1 801 2