explosions
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Scientists Made A Lithium-Ion Battery That Definitely, Positively, Absolutely Won’t Explode
For the first time, researchers say they have made a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and can reach the voltage needed to power household electronics and it doesn’t come with the fire and the explosions and the arrgghh that is a risk with “some commercially available non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries”. The…
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Watch Metallic Birthday Balloons Touch A Power Line And Explode Like A Grenade
If a looming helium shortage isn’t enough to dissuade you from getting balloons for your next birthday party, consider the consequences if they escape from their ribbon moorings and end up brushing against some high-voltage power lines. You might be safer decorating for your kid’s party with hand grenades.
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Slo-Mo Footage Reveals Exactly How A Giant Firework Shell Goes Kaboom
Video: It isn’t hard to understand how the firecrackers you played with as a kid worked, but YouTube’s BeyondSlowMotion channel reveals how those gigantic fireworks that fill the night sky with colourful sparkles actually work.
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Pumping 20,000 Volts Into A Watermelon Ends As Spectacularly As You’d Hope
Video: Unlike a battery, which stores power as chemical energy that’s slowly and steadily discharged to keep your gadgets running, a capacitor can unload all of its juice in the blink of an eye. Even a small capacitor has the potential to stop your heart, but when it’s the size of a dishwasher, well, this watermelon…