@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agoApplying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025www.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1462
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish47•3 months agoObviously, physics aren’t done in Fahrenheit.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months agoHad to laugh at your comment. Not that it matters in this case, your ear buds are not going to magically combust at just 150°C
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•3 months agoThey’ll not combust, I’d hazard a guess that air pods are made from ABS which has a glass transition temperature of 105C, so they will melt.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•3 months agoDimethyl carbonate boils at 90° so the battery could pop
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months ago ABS which has a glass transition temperature of 105C, so they will melt. Well, they’ll deform. ABS won’t melt at 150°C, it’ll just become soft and flexible. But yes, it’s a bad idea for your earbuds.
Obviously, physics aren’t done in Fahrenheit.
Had to laugh at your comment. Not that it matters in this case, your ear buds are not going to magically combust at just 150°C
They’ll not combust, I’d hazard a guess that air pods are made from ABS which has a glass transition temperature of 105C, so they will melt.
Dimethyl carbonate boils at 90° so the battery could pop
Good news everybody!
Well, they’ll deform. ABS won’t melt at 150°C, it’ll just become soft and flexible. But yes, it’s a bad idea for your earbuds.