floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoApplying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025www.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down127
arrow-up1390arrow-down1external-linkApplying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025www.techradar.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 day agoObviously, physics aren’t done in Fahrenheit.
minus-squarezr0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoHad to laugh at your comment. Not that it matters in this case, your ear buds are not going to magically combust at just 150°C
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoThey’ll not combust, I’d hazard a guess that air pods are made from ABS which has a glass transition temperature of 105C, so they will melt.
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoDimethyl carbonate boils at 90° so the battery could pop
Obviously, physics aren’t done in Fahrenheit.
Had to laugh at your comment. Not that it matters in this case, your ear buds are not going to magically combust at just 150°C
They’ll not combust, I’d hazard a guess that air pods are made from ABS which has a glass transition temperature of 105C, so they will melt.
Dimethyl carbonate boils at 90° so the battery could pop