Fortunately, the situation improves if one also considers recycling — the low melting point (180 °C) of lithium metal and the very low water solubility of its fluoride, carbonate and phosphate ...

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors declared a state of emergency following the massive blaze that has residents and ...

A novel small modular reactor design will use its waste heat to desalinate water produced in Texan oil and gas wells.

This converts the lithium at the interface into lithium fluoride (LiF). It is important to note that the lithium atoms of the cathode material remain as ions, that is, as positively charged particles.

A fire at Vistra Energy's Moss Landing battery storage facility in California destroyed thousands of lithium batteries – and ...

People living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate their homes Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility, officials said.

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

Moss Landing residents experience health symptoms following a battery plant fire, despite no measurable hydrogen fluoride ...

The EPA began monitoring for hydrogen fluoride, a highly toxic gas produced by lithium-ion battery fires, and for particulate matter on day two of the incident, according to the county’s timeline, ...