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strcrssd t1_iuevhrj wrote

Reply to comment by deltagear in Electric vehicles catch aflame during Ian aftermath by sacrificezones

Except that lithium ion batteries contain only traces of lithium metal. Water is entirely appropriate and is the recommended method of handling lithium ion battery fires.

The lithium in lithium ion batteries is in a salt. The same way that sodium and chlorine are both extremely toxic in elemental form yet quite tasty as table salt.

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