schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square202fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down131file-text
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minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down25·1 month 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-up61·1 month agoSodium ion batteries don’t use sodium metal. They use sodium oxides as the cathode.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 month agoshhhh…no chemistry allowed
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoSome sodium ion batteries use an aqueous electrolyte, meaning they’re full of water.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoAh, so they’ve already exploded, thus rendering them safe for use.
minus-squareTheoriginalthon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoYou could still stub your toe on them, so not completely safe
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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!”