When a lithium ion battery fails, things can go south very quickly. If you open up your phone to find a battery swollen to twice its size, proper care and handling is critical for both your safety and the safety of others. What’s aSwollen Battery? The vast majority of modern portable electronics, including laptops, smartphones, tablets, ebook readers, and fitness trackers are all powered by lithium-ion batteries. As far as compact batteries go, they’re pretty great. They have high energy density, low self-discharge, and a very tiny memory effect : all features that make them perfect for inclusion is everything from MacBooks to Kindles. Unfortunately there’s no such thing as a free lunch, so to speak, and all that high-density energy goodness comes with a trade off. Compared to its predecessors, the lithium-ion battery is less stable. Lithium is more reactive than previously used compounds, the batteries have very small partitions between the cells and the outer cove...
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