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Self-discharge characteristics of spacecraft nickel—cadmium cells at elevated temperatures

✍ Scribed by S.W. Donley; J.H. Matsumoto; W.C. Hwang


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
451 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0378-7753

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✦ Synopsis


It 1s shown that thermal runaway can occur from self-discharge of sealed Ni-Cd batteries at elevated temperatures The process can be fast enough to rupture cells m batteries and cause physical damage to surroundmg areas Therefore the temperature of a charged battery must be hmited for safety reasons even on open circuit; the temperature limit will depend on the particular thermal environment.