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Subject: [OM] Re: TSA: Safe Travel with Batteries and Devices
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:37:48 -0500
My lesson was a small quantity of sodium dropped into a lab sink full of 
water.  Pretty impressive underwater "fireworks" as I recall.

Chuck Norcutt

John Hermanson wrote:
> A dangerous when wet metal.....Reminds me of a fifth grade science class 
> demonstration.  Mr. Rudley takes out a can of sodium, a blob sitting 
> submerged in kerosene.  He digs out a small sample and places it on a 
> test dish.  Adds a drop of water and it explodes like a firecracker (as 
> I recall, 44 years ago.)
> 
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> Piers Hemy wrote:
>> For a couple of hair-raising reports of the long-established dangers
>> of lithium cells not installed in equipment, try a google search on
>> "ntsb lithium" - the first two results are the ones to look at,
>> namely www.ntsb.gov/events/2006/PhiladelphiaPA/Exhibits/350561.pdf
>> and www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2005/HZB0501.pdf.  The following
>> clarification is taken from one of the footnotes to the second
>> result, the NTSB report into a cargo fire on a Fedex MD-11 at Memphis
>> in 2004.
>>
>> Lithium is a combustible alkali metal that self-ignites in air at
>> 352° Fahrenheit (F). When exposed to water, lithium reacts
>> exothermically and releases hydrogen, creating a dangerous fire risk.
>> Fires involving lithium are extremely difficult to extinguish.
>> Extinguishers using water, gas, or certain dry chemicals cannot
>> control this type of fire. The DOT classifies lithium metal as a
>> division 4.3 material (dangerous when wet). Lithium metal may not be
>> shipped on passenger aircraft but may be shipped on cargo aircraft,
>> provided each package weighs no more than 15 kilograms.
>>
>> -- Piers
>>
>>
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