Mark: (members) This reply in no way represents my institution's view, expressed or otherwise, etc!!! ************************* The recent Emergency Response Guidebook:
Do no use water or foam. Small Fires: Dry chemical, soda ash, lime or sand Large Fires: DRY sand, dry chemical, soda ash, lime or withdraw from area and let fire burn. *************************** My added info! I just did a demo in lecture with the alkali metals (Li, Na, K, Cs, Rb) in water, neat, BUT.......!!! Li reacts with water/moisture to produce heat, lithium hydroxide (similar to Lye or Draino) and hydrogen gas. In the case of Na, K, Cs, RB, the heat produced is sufficient to ignite the hydrogen produced. I am not aware of the energy produce by lithium reaction with moisture to be enough to ignite the hydrogen gas, but out on a hot dry field. REMEMBER, hydrogen gas is only produced if the lithium metal comes in contact with moisture/water. The ammo box with a bag of sand to throw in on top of the burning battery is a good idea. Do not close the lid --- heat - pressure might be even more exciting. The dry chemical fire extinguisher called “ABC Dry Chemical” is an excellent device to have with you. Do not use a CO2! My VW Vanagon came with this type of fire extinguisher. Hope this helps. Jim Ealy On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:19:37, "Aerofoam" wrote: > I have been using very large Li-poly batteries and > am very aware of the potential for a serious > melt down/lithium fire. > My chemical knowledge is limited to being a connoisseur > of fine solvents! > The question is: > Is there any chemical or element that would interfere or cancel > the reaction of a lithium fire? > My thought would be to make a charging box out of an ammo box > and line it with more of this material than necessary to snuff the reaction. > Sort of like control rods in a reactor. > Is this possible???????? > > Mark Mech > www.aerofoam.com > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > > Jim Ealy Education by Demonstration RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
