floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-up1419arrow-down128
arrow-up1391arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 month agoObviously, physics aren’t done in Fahrenheit.
minus-squarezr0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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 month 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 month 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