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Accelerating rate calorimetry
A test in which a cell sits in an adiabatic chamber that follows its temperature, so any self-heating is not lost to the surroundings. It measures the onset temperature, the self-heating rate and the temperature at which runaway becomes unstoppable.
- Abbreviation
- ARC
Example
Safety and abuse: an example situation
A low normal-load temperature does not demonstrate thermal-runaway containment.
Read Accelerating rate calorimetry alongside Differential scanning calorimetry in this context. Heating a milligram sample at a steady rate and recording the heat it releases or absorbs. It gives the decomposition temperatures and heats of electrode materials and electrolyte, inputs to any thermal-runaway assessment.
Use in Lemonergy
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References & further reading
Further reading on this topic
These sources provide broader context; they are not presented as citations for every statement in this entry.
- Thermal runaway mechanism of lithium ion battery for electric vehicles: A review
Xuning Feng et al. · Energy Storage Materials · 2018
Topic background · Electrical, mechanical and thermal abuse; thermal-runaway mechanisms and propagation.