Jim,
I had this same problem when I worked for the Air Force. We needed to
transport a number of devices containing Lithium batteries. At that time,
my best resource for information was the battery manufacturer. Since
batteries are their livlihood, they make it a point to understand the
governmental and shipping regulations for their products. Who ships more
batteries than a battery manufacturer? :-)
In my case, the batteries were manufactured by Tadiran. I contacted
Tadiran and they proved to be very helpful. Their New York office's phone
number is 212-751-3600, they also have an email of sa...@tadiranbat.com.
They are also on the web.
Chris Maxwell, Design Engineer
GN Nettest Optical Division
109 N. Genesee St.
Utica, NY 13502
PH: 315-797-4449
FAX: 315-797-8024
EMAIL: chr...@gnlp.com
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:42 AM
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> Subject: Fwd:Lithium and Lithium-Ion Battery Safety
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> Forwarded for wjack...@harris.com by Jim
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> Subject: Lithium and Lithium-Ion Battery Safety
> Author: "Jackson; William" <wjack...@harris.com>
> Date: 3/22/00 11:24 AM
>
> Good Morning All,
>
> I have a couple of questions concerning safety of lithium batteries.
> Because these batteries( 1/2 AA and BA-5590/U) contain some amount of
> lithium which can be hazardous when it reacts with water, I believe these
> batteries fall under the category of hazardous material. I am not sure
> that
> they aren't exempt from governmental regulation.
>
>
> 1. Can anyone direct me to where I might find USA and foreign regulations
> concerning the transportation of lithium batteries.
>
> 2. Can lithium-ion batteries be transported in a charged state, globally?
> I
> am aware that some of these batteries are used in laptop computers and
> folks
> travel with them all over the world and when you buy them off shelf in
> stores I believe they are charged. I have reviewed one manufacturer's
> MSDS and it doesn't really provide any information concerning the battery
> transported in the charged state.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
> Harris
> RF Communications Division (RFCD)
> (716)-242-3897
> wjack...@harris.com
>
>
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