One heck of a lithium ion battery fire.

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JFletcher said:
Metals (class D) fires are always nasty. Dunno if it's true, but Ive heard that if an airplane catches fire on an aircraft carrier, they push it overboard.

magnesium fire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOpsB5n9DZ8

"Water... pisses it off!"

LOL
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if most anything catches fire on a boat, i'm thinking
throwing it overboard solves some problems quickly.

my dad owned a machine shop during WWII. they
had a magnesium part catch fire from a cutter
setting off a shaving that set off the two pound
part. it melted a bridgeport horizontal mill down to
a puddle in the floor. the stuff burns hot enough
to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen,
and burn those......
 
Fulthrotl said:
if most anything catches fire on a boat, i'm thinking
throwing it overboard solves some problems quickly.

my dad owned a machine shop during WWII. they
had a magnesium part catch fire from a cutter
setting off a shaving that set off the two pound
part. it melted a bridgeport horizontal mill down to
a puddle in the floor. the stuff burns hot enough
to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen,
and burn those......
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Yep, I did work at a company called Kelsey-Hayes, one of the companies that helped start the mag wheel craze for cars in the 60s. Originally they were actually machined from cast magnesium (now most are aluminum alloys). When we first checked as contractors, they made us go through a special training course on magnesium fires, bottom line being "Don't put water on it!"
 
Jraef said:
Yep, I did work at a company called Kelsey-Hayes, one of the companies that helped start the mag wheel craze for cars in the 60s. Originally they were actually machined from cast magnesium (now most are aluminum alloys). When we first checked as contractors, they made us go through a special training course on magnesium fires, bottom line being "Don't put water on it!"
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way back when, when i was still working in aerospace, i ended up
with a packed 5 gallon pail with magnesium shavings. went out to
the mojave desert, put them in a cold fire pit, and tossed in a road
flare. it was impressive, and left a glass fire pit afterwards.
 
Fulthrotl said:
way back when, when i was still working in aerospace, i ended up
with a packed 5 gallon pail with magnesium shavings. went out to
the mojave desert, put them in a cold fire pit, and tossed in a road
flare. it was impressive, and left a glass fire pit afterwards.
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Was alcohol involved? :D
 
What were thee batteries for? UPS? Or some type of pro-type? (SandC) is well known for experimenting with stuff like that.
 
Jraef said:
That sounds like something you learn from experience. But what posses someone to try to find out?
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Fortunately this was an intentional chemistry demo, and not an epic fail. There are several videos of this reaction on YouTube. Though I have to wonder if someone discovered this with a CO2 fire extinguisher when they wanted to put some magnesium out....

-Jon
 
ggunn said:
Was alcohol involved? :D
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why, yes. how did you know?
iirc, it was bacardi 151 and coca cola, as a filler.
of course, with a small amount of cocaine to
provide alertness. this is important, as setting
this stuff on fire requires pinpoint timing, and
speedy reflexes.

the magnesium burnt fine without any additives.

i'd like to say the other ingredients were optional,
altho in reflecting back, it really wasn't optional at the time.
:dunce:
 
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