2.2.2 Explosion and fire hazard
WARNING!
Physical damage, thermal effects or incorrect storage in the event of a defect can
result in explosions or fire.
The battery materials can be flammable.
2.2.2.1 Particular hazard from combustion products
The lithium ion battery may be damaged by a fire in the vicinity of the lithium ion
battery. When fighting a lithium-ion battery fire, the following dangers and information
must be taken into consideration.
WARNING!
Contact with combustion products can be hazardous
Fires produce combustion products.
Combustion is a chemical process by which a flammable material combines with
oxygen under heat and light (fire).
The resulting combustion products can occur in the form of smoke, through leaking
fluids, escaping gases, debris as well decomposition products of certain chemicals.
These combustion products are substances that enter the body through the
respiratory tract and / or the skin, where they can produce and adverse effects such
as choking.
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Avoid contact with combustion products.
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Use protective equipment.
– Hydrogen fluoride (HF) Hydrofluoric acid = extremely corrosive
– Risk of toxic substances produced by pyrolysis
– Risk of highly flammable gas mixtures.
– Other combustion products: Carbon monoxide & -dioxide, manganese, nickel and
cobalt oxides.
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