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What causes the battery to explode?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 10/3/2023

Heat basically. When you push a high current into a battery, charging it, some of that will turn into heat. And enough heat will pretty much cause the battery to boil and the expanding gases causes it to burst open. A high discharge will do the same.

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∙ 11y ago

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