Safe practices for handling, storing, processing, and testing lithium ambient cells and batteries

Technical Report · Fri May 04 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:720478

Evans, T P

The Lithium Ambient Battery Operations (LAMB) battery safety procedures cover the safe assembly, storage, and test of lithium batteries [herein defined as assemblies containing active lithium cells utilizing lithium dioxide (Li/SO{sub 2}), lithium thionyl chloride (Li/SOCl{sub 2}), lithium copper oxide (Li/CuO), lithium carbon-monofluoride (Li/CF{sub x}), or lithium manganese dioxide (Li/MnO{sub 2})]. Any new cell electrochemistry will be reviewed with appropriate diligence to determine what additional measures, if any, are needed prior to first use. These additional precautions will be stated in any test plan regarding the cell design. These procedures do not cover reserve batteries.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Largo, FL (United States). Neutron Devices Dept.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00656
• OSTI ID: 720478
• Report Number(s): GEPP-EV--1208; ON: TI90020809
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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