Correct me if I am wrong, but hydrolysis of seawater gives H+ And Cl- (leaving behind NaOH ?)
As for extinguishing lithium fires, IIRC, a special graphite powder mixture is needed to smother them. Lithium reacts with water in a manner not inconsistent with other Group I elements (Potassium, Sodium, etc), so most fire departments can't mess with those fires. Gives new meaning to carbecue. -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Oct 31, 2012, at 11:26, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > Tim C wrote: > >> Lead-acid will explode if shorted, won't it? I'll have to try it sometime. >> :) > > 4% salt solution is far from a dead short, and we're talking only about 12v > with inches of separation between positive and negative. Less separation at > the starter, might be some notable hydrogen production going on there, but I > don't know how you'd build up a combustible bubble of it under water. > > If a high performance electric car has some place where two exposed wires > have 200V between them, saltwater could convert to oxygen and hydrogen very > rapidly. > And if you had a way of igniting that and getting the batteries going... > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
