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Battery Hazards and Accident Prevention

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Samuel C. Levy

    1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA

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  2. Per Bro

    1. Southwest Electrochemical Company, Santa Fe, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction to Batteries and Safety

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Batteries and Battery Processes

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      Pages 3-21

    3. The Nature of Battery Hazards and Accidents

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      Pages 23-39

  3. Fundamental Aspects of Battery Safety

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-42
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    2. Battery Leakage

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      Pages 43-85

    3. Ruptures

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      Pages 87-97

    4. Explosions

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      Pages 99-111

    5. Thermal Runaway

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      Pages 113-132

  4. Aqueous Electrolyte Batteries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-134
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    2. Primary Batteries

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      Pages 135-156

    3. Rechargeable Batteries

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      Pages 157-186

  5. Lithium Batteries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Solid Cathode Lithium Systems

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      Pages 189-210

    3. Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Batteries

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      Pages 211-232

    4. Lithium/Sulfur Dioxide Batteries

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      Pages 233-247

    5. Other Soluble Depolarizer Lithium Systems

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      Pages 249-255

    6. Rechargeable Lithium Systems

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      Pages 257-272

    7. High-Temperature Systems

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      Pages 273-282

  6. Accident Prevention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-285
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About this book

This book is about how to avoid the accidents and injuries that may occur when batteries are abused or mishandled. It is the first book to deal specifically with this subject in a reasonably comprehensive manner accessible to readers ranging from regular consumers to technical specialists. Batteries and battery processes are described in sufficient detail to enable readers to understand why and how batteries cause accidents and what can be done to prevent them. Each year in the United States alone, thousands of individuals are injured by battery accidents, some of which are severely disabling. The tragedy is that such accidents need not occur. The book is intended to satisfy the needs of a varied group of readers: battery users in general, battery engineers, and designers of battery-operated equipment and consumer electronics. Since the book is a reference source of information on batteries and battery chemicals, we believe it may also be useful to those studying the environment as well as to medical personnel called upon to treat battery injuries. There are no prerequisites for an under­ standing of the text other than an interest in batteries and their safe usage.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA

    Samuel C. Levy

  • Southwest Electrochemical Company, Santa Fe, USA

    Per Bro

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