schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE carswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down126file-text
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minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down21·6 hours agoSodium explodes on contact with water, having a barrier or two is great, if you use them in cars it’s going to get punctured at times, what with tons of vehicle crashing into things at high speeds and all.
minus-squareSapientLasagna@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·5 hours agoSodium ion batteries don’t use sodium metal. They use sodium oxides as the cathode.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·5 hours agoshhhh…no chemistry allowed
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 hours agoSome sodium ion batteries use an aqueous electrolyte, meaning they’re full of water.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·4 hours agoAh, so they’ve already exploded, thus rendering them safe for use.
minus-squareTheoriginalthon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoYou could still stub your toe on them, so not completely safe
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours ago“sodium batteries, pre exploded!”
Sodium explodes on contact with water, having a barrier or two is great, if you use them in cars it’s going to get punctured at times, what with tons of vehicle crashing into things at high speeds and all.
Sodium ion batteries don’t use sodium metal. They use sodium oxides as the cathode.
shhhh…no chemistry allowed
Some sodium ion batteries use an aqueous electrolyte, meaning they’re full of water.
Ah, so they’ve already exploded, thus rendering them safe for use.
You could still stub your toe on them, so not completely safe
“sodium batteries, pre exploded!”