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minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down25·19 days agoSodium explodes on contact with water, having a barrier or two is great, if you use them in cars it’s going to get punctured at times, what with tons of vehicle crashing into things at high speeds and all.
minus-squareSapientLasagna@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·19 days agoSodium ion batteries don’t use sodium metal. They use sodium oxides as the cathode.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·19 days agoshhhh…no chemistry allowed
Sodium explodes on contact with water, having a barrier or two is great, if you use them in cars it’s going to get punctured at times, what with tons of vehicle crashing into things at high speeds and all.
Sodium ion batteries don’t use sodium metal. They use sodium oxides as the cathode.
shhhh…no chemistry allowed