Wiki World: batteries

Showing posts with label batteries. Show all posts

Fear the Chemistry of Lithium Batteries!

Phones explode because lithium operates by chemical action.

Let's not kid ourselves here: The iPad has had battery "explosions" just as much, if not more than Samsung. It is just that Samsung is more outspoken about issues. Apple believes that if it ignores a problem it will go away. I would like to see the real statistics on all phones.

Batteries operate by chemical action. What you learned at school was that chemicals are dangerous. The unexpected sometimes happens. Lithium has the capacity to store a lot of energy. This pent-up power is always looking for a way out of its container.

Though the incidents of phones catching fire is very low, the mere thought of something exploding in your pocket is frightening. Lithium batteries are notoriously unstable. They have caused fires on aircraft. Thankfully, no one has yet been killed.

We do not have any alternative to lithium batteries. They are the most efficient and can be made very small. Consumers do not want to go back to nicad or, heaven forbid, alkaline batteries.

◆ Chemistry by Ty Buchanan ◆

Tys Country
Amusing Animal Photos
Odd Weird Things
Articles News Reviews

●

Vista Computer Solutions

ALL ARTICLES· ──► (HOME PAGE)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PHONE GRENADES

nicad, chemical, action, reaction, batteries, phone, samsung, apple, iphone, power

Battery Technology Not Advancing Quickly Enough

Despite claims that battery technology will improve over the next few years, the battery has remained the same for half a century. Sure base materials that make the battery store electricity have changed, but not that much in recent years.

All the same battery technology

Due to mass production and increasing demand the price of batteries will fall. This is just economics really. The cost of Solar has fallen 80 per cent in five years. Don't expect batteries for your phone or tablet to fall this much though.

The great hope is that advances in solar technology in electrical catchment and storage can be "transferred" to other products. Communication and motor vehicle manufacturers could be putting too much faith in this, however. It may not happen.

Batteries can be charged in a matter of minutes now. The future could see people carrying a "spare" mobile phone power pack in their pocket. Exchange stations could spread and be ubiquitous everywhere.

✴ Technology by Ty Buchanan ✴

http://www.adventure--australia.blogspot.com/

http://www.tysaustralia.blogspot.com/

http://adventure--australia.blogspot.com/atom.xml