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Lithium-ion Battery Fire Particles

Lithium-ion batteries contain fluorine compounds of vareous types. When these batteries burn hydrofluoric acid is one of the possible combustion products. A number of other flourine-containing products are also generated (see References below).

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References

1. Premnath, Vinay, Yanyu Wang, Nolan Wright, Imad Khalek, and Steven Uribe, "Detailed characterization of particle emissions from battery fires", AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol 56, no. 4, pp 337-354, 2022

2. Bugryniec, Peter J., Eric G. Resendiz, Solomon M. Nwophoke, Simran Khanna, Charles James, Solomon F. Brown, "Review of gas emissions from lithium-ion battery thermal runaway failure—Considering toxic and flammable compounds", JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE, vol. 87, March 2024.

3. Larsson, Fredrik, Petra Andersson, Per Blomqvist, and Bengt-Eric Mellander, "Toxic fluoride gas emissions from lithium-ion battery fires", SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 7, August 2017.

4. Rappsilber, Tim, Nawar Yusfi, Simone Kruger, Sarah-Katharina Hahn, Tim-Patrick Felinger, Jonas Krug von Nidda, and Rico Tschirschwitz, "Meta-analysis of heat release and smoke gas emission during thermal runaway of lithium-ion batteries", JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE, vol. 60, January 2023.

5. Kainat, Sana, Junaid Answer, Abdul Hamid, Nafisa Gull, Shahzad Maqsood Khan, "Electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries: advancements in the era of twenties (2020’s)", MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, vol. 313, February 2024