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Safety Lithium Battery 06.13.18
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I. Introduction
The news media, internet and battery marketplace is filled with misinformation regarding the safety of lithium batteries. RELiON
has always placed safety as the highest priority in all their lithium battery products. This document has been created by RELiON
to assist customers, distributors, OEMs and the engineering community to better understand the dierences in lithium battery
technologies.
The early models of rechargeable lithium batteries, made with metallic lithium, were highly unstable and were the subject of many
highly publicized recalls, due to batteries exploding or catching fire. To address these real safety issues, industry development
shifted to non-metallic lithium using lithium ions. Today lithium ion batteries are one of the most successful chemistries in
the market.
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Hundreds of millions of lithium-ion batteries are produced each year, and catastrophic failure, such as explosion
or melting, is rare. However, when any type of lithium battery does ignite or explode, it gets significant public attention and
highlights the need for a safe lithium battery technology, like the type found in RELiON.
A common misunderstanding is that all lithium ion batteries are the same. There are dierent chemistries available that provide
various advantages and disadvantages. Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO
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) batteries cannot be made in the small sizes required for
most consumer electronics, however when it comes to safety, LiFePO
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technology is by far the safest chemistry available.
RELiON Battery’s customer’s needs can be satisfied by its unique drop-in replacement sizing and larger format batteries. This
proprietary RELiON design allows for the use of the safest Lithium ion chemistry, Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO
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). Additionally,
RELiON incorporates many safety features into their systems. RELiON also tests its product to widely recognized standards to
ensure the ultimate safety for the customer.