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It's not safe to open a lithium battery at home. They contain reactive materials that can cause fires, explosions, or release toxic gases if mishandled. Professionals use specialized equipment and training in controlled settings to avoid these risks. Instead, follow manufacturer guidelines and recycle batteries at designated centers. For curiosity, watch expert demonstrations online rather than trying this yourself.
transhumanisticrecluse
this shit is highly reactive and contains solvents that, in case of a fire, produce toxic fumes
Verbodentoegang
willieg
"...watch expert demonstrations online...". i.e., not this idiot.
zeacorzeppelin10
Cronos51101
Opening a lithium battery in open air is possible if it's fully depleted. ie. take the voltage to zero. It's ruined of course, but not spicy
YippeeKayakOB
jtthemediocre
As an electrician, I cannot stress enough, DO NOT DO THIS.
kazeshi
as someone who designed and built battery packs for about a decade, DO NOT DO THIS.
donpat
As just some guy, DO NOT DO THIS.
jtthemediocre
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1N3M2bndhZjA3dmM5ZjN6d3k1ZW95Z3UxZnExcWtjcDk5ODNpd2VreiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/e5nATuISYAZ4Q/200w.webp
MutatedHorse
DONT EVER DO THIS.
iamthemanwithnoname
Worst pass the parcel ever
ImNotActuallyEvilAfterAll
Don't need gloves, just lick your fingers clean afterwards
SilverFoxChaser
'This kills the idiot'
wkearney99
Sadly, more often than not, it doesn't. Maiming is still a potential though.
Someone's gotta keep ER staff and burn unit people employed!
rupinord
this is the moment when I would say: " DEAR CHILDREN! DON'T IMITATE THIS!!! "
WellThatsOriginal
How in TF does that make electricity and who TF figured it out? Tell me. TELL ME!
stercusmoriturussum
Luigi Galvani, Alessandro Volta, 1780-1790 - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_cell. If you want a deeper explanation, be prepared for a dive into electrochemistry shortly before sinking into the abyss of quantum chemistry and drowning in atomic physics.
WellThatsOriginal
My name is not Sheldon...lol
ImNotActuallyEvilAfterAll
Don't ask if you don't wnana know
freakdiablo
My local dump/recycling center has a special stall near the entrance. Giant sign, "Electronics & Rechargeable Battery Disposal". Stopped by before I moved to drop off a few dead tablets and other electronics. Free, super easy, and ease of mind knowing any lithium batteries aren't getting mixed with the regular trash. I recommend looking to see if anything in your area has the same.
CrestoftheStars
CAN YOU DONT ?
Hekatombe
Where is his explosive proof pie dish?! I don't think this guy is a pro.
ChloeRed
You mean the explosion containment pie dish?
Hekatombe
Yeah
ThatHurts
He didn't even say he was going to take it to bits.
randelung
I despise this trend to speed everything up. It's the next step in the active destruction of people's attention spans.
Camouflage79
wonder what happens when he washes his hands with water after that...
ThatPug
Gosh my eyes are itchy *absentmindedly rubs eyes*
captainfakeypants
How is this recycled? Presumably the black stuff is Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide, with the Lithium, Manganese, and Cobalt worth reclaiming...?
Drcheekibreeki10
I saw one of these with a guy using a gun to open one, then the camera went all orange and then went black, I assume it didn't end well.
Volimar
Let's get this out onto a tray.
NarratesTheDarkerStory
aww, it's just a bunch of lithium in there? pfft, borrrring *FOOM* *face burns off*
ThatHurts
There's no lithium metal in a rechargeable lithium battery. It's a thin layer of lithium oxide (which isn't flammable as it's already oxidized) on a substrate.
NarratesTheDarkerStory
well I already knew I was unfunny. Now I'm unfunny and DUMB!
... which I already knew too.
ThatHurts
It's a common misconception. People think that the lithium in an EV battery are why the batteries are troublesome, because they say NileRed put lithium in water on youtube once. There's lithium foil in the non-rechargable ones, like the AAs meant for high drain uses, but a rechargable lithium ion or lithium polymer has no lithium metal.
NarratesTheDarkerStory
That's actually interesting. I may go down a battery rabbit hole today, and not NOT because there are a few dozen jobs at a Panasonic Battery plant near me.
ThatHurts
If they make those high current 18650 cells, you should wholesale me some :P
4vie
Is it just me, or is it weirdly dry?
RedTailedHawk
Do not touch the forbidden foil.
edasm
Or stab it with a pencil!
sniggly5212
Saying lithium "can cause fires" is the understatement of the decade. It can spontaneously burn hot enough to melt steel and there is no way to put it out. Luckily the lithium in most batteries will burn away in a matter of seconds, then you can put out secondary fires.
Youhavinagiraffe
The battery in my old phone started to swell up and Samsung said I had to pay them to dispose of it. So I just threw it in a neighbours bin instead (I didn't actually but I did want to)
KarlPhylos
The local AHRA folks started replacing their lead-acid batteries with smaller, lighter lithium batteries; the fires were fantastic, making me recall the natural selection forces that would be associated with nuclear-powered cars.
TheBlueMuppet
Ass Hole Racing Association
LobotomyJones
You can put it out with sand.
sniggly5212
I've never tried this. Class delta fires are self oxidizing so I usually just clear the area and let them burn, but apparently this is a common practice. Thanks for the info.
ThatHurts
Any fire can be put out if you cut off any one of the three aspects of the fire triangle. Fuel, air and temperature. Lower the temp of a self oxidizing fuel and it will go out.
AntiProtonBoy
You can handle it with your bare hands. It’s not as reactive at you might think. Other alkaline metals on the other hand…
sniggly5212
It is exactly as reactive as i think. I have purified lithium metal from batteries on multiple occasions. I have also intentionally and unintentionally reacted it for combustion purposes. But you're right, there are far more reactive and easier to store alkali metals.
ThatHurts
The lithium in a lithium battery is lithium oxide, so it's correct to say it's not as reactive as you think, if you're thinking it's lithium metal.
terajack2048
Right so drink lots of water to stay hydrated……check….
aShogunNamedMarcus
Yeah this kinda put me off the idea of wall mounted batteries as a home backup generator alternative
stercusmoriturussum
Those are often (usually) LiFePO4 chemistry. No reports of combusting LiFePO4 cells are known.
aShogunNamedMarcus
Hmm that's a relief. Though probably won't be looking into that anytime soon since those or an in-ground Generac are in the 5-digit price range.
stercusmoriturussum
Depends on your requirements - I just had a look at aliexpress, 10 kWh can be had for something like 2200 Euros.
aShogunNamedMarcus
Hmm not sure what it would take to keep an A/C running in 100F weather but that would be ideal... also I think getting it installed so kicks on automatically for the whole house in a power outage is a good chunk of the cost
ThatHurts
There's no lithium metal in a rechargeable lithium battery. It's a thin layer of lithium oxide (which isn't flammable as it's already oxidized) on a substrate.
lightfoot2
I drilled into a lithium battery once. The resulting jet of flame and destruction was beyond impressive.
stercusmoriturussum
Yep. By carefully unwrapping the pouch, he (I think a woman would have worn gloves) surreptitously avoided shorting the two electrodes (which you managed to do with drilling) and thereby also avoided triggering the thermal runaway.
ImNotActuallyEvilAfterAll
What does gender have to do with it?
stercusmoriturussum
Wearing gloves when handling chemicals? Guess I couldn't avoid a jab at the "This is why women live longer than men" meme.
ImNotActuallyEvilAfterAll
I'm a man and like to use nitrile gloves with pretty much any chemicals.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
At the very least I would have worn gloves.
ApothecaryGrant
And filmed it outside. And cut it with a knife on the end of a very long stick. While wearing a respirator.
Honestly if people want to have this kind of fun blowing stuff up they should host a vacuum cleaner derby. Get well-cordoned off concrete/dirt lot with nothing flammable within 100m radius. Get a loooong extension cord, some plexiglass barriers, and a metal basin. Fill it with an inch or so of gasoline, place vacuum inside, hide behind barrier, goggles on, then plug it in.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Yup! Except use polycarbonate, not plexiglass :-)
AtariJaguar64Bit
Pussy /s
Skuggen
See? There's nothing in there! I _knew_ electricity was just a big scam!
bill4935
beerlady
Yeah, it's just some lthin paper.
tellm1by
And I get charged every month by them. I tried to argue with Big Electron, telling them that I did not get any electrons, that they all flew back. But no, they would still bill me.
mikeymikec
where's the kaboom
Lowland
The batteri was clearly empty, I did not see any energi in there
iamlegendinjapan
TheLesserOfTwoWeevils
Santorrr
Could be LiFePo4 or some other technology. Not all lithium batteries are alike.
Wor3q
No short = no heat = no kaboom
transhumanisticrecluse
more like, no charge.
potentiallyunsafe
I was expecting an earthshattering kaboom
IllegalKittenSmuggler
I get that reference
Penth13f
It comes later when he gets the hospital bill due to pulmonary edema. Dude's not wearing gloves while handling corrosive material, I GUARANTEE the dude's not wearing breathing protection.
Arcanum3000
He probably doesn't even have his safety squints on.
Hekatombe
Here you go
WhiskyBravo
spicy!
ItsHedley
fformulaa
I still have to take my shoes off at the airport and all someone has to do is stab their phone on an airplane and nobody's gonna be able to have a phone on a plane!
Hekatombe
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1eb3td2/swiss_airport_sells_knifes_past_security/
Hekatombe
Bonus
ironymus
Nile! I'll recognise his voice in every little bit of video
Ajinxedchef
He is doing this without gloves so his skin can really soak up the chemicals.
lordnequam
Look, skin is just nature's glove! Don't believe me? Google "degloving"!
tellm1by
I was told lithium is good for our mental health.
GoneSolo
Remind me of the
"is any job here not done by children"
"Everything but the whipping"
Episode of futurama.
Aksuuuh
Just catching a little cancer, Stan.
MantisTobagganMD
BUFFALO SOLDJAH! IN THE HEART OF AMERICA!
BlueDsc
grezmos
Not sure about Lithium Ion but LiPo cells contain a caustic solution which turns your skin to soap which is nice.
MisterLemons
Bleach does that...
delecti
Anything alkaline will do that to a greater or lesser extent, and not all LiPo batteries use anything nasty as the electrolyte.
The lithium is always a concern though. In addition to being flammable, it can mess you up.
MasterMookie
I know lithium car batteries contain hydrofluoric acid that can cause a chain reaction in your bones that turns em to sludge. Just picks up some calcium throws it away then picks up another calcium. Yum
Cushionhead
A terrifying thing, HF kills you rather quickly (ie. hours) by arresting the calcium ion release waves of your heart, so you die from an arrhythmia as it eats your bones. Like, it is a fairly eldritch thing. Low concentrations will "burn" you, but not show effect until like a day later, higher concentrations "burn" very quickly and straight up stop your heart in hours. Chemically, super interesting, medically, horrific.
ApothecaryGrant
Fluorine, the cuddliest chemical on the periodic table.
phobosorbust
that's like describing fusion as slightly warm...
StrandedonEarth
Could be worse, could be a few fluorine’s hanging out with a chlorine buddy. ClF3 is hypergolic with pretty much everything, including rocket engineers!
ApothecaryGrant
John Clark's description of that one is a classic, including the recommendation for a good pair of running shoes.