"Jeff Liebermann Misinforms Again "

Compliments of friend, we mow have a good example of what happens
when one shorts the terminals of a 9V Duracell ProCell alkaline
battery.

http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/Duracell/Duracell-01.jpg
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/Duracell/Duracell-02.jpg
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/Duracell/Duracell-03.jpg

He mentioned that the battery sounded like a small firecracker when
it exploded. The white debris scattered around the desk is probably
the paper battery plate spacer material.


** An alkaline cell will not explode just because it's terminals are
shorted.

But it very likely WILL explode if it is charged with a significant
current - this is why there are warnings on all such cells against
charging and installing them in reverse.

By shorting a 6 cell battery, the above rule was breached - cos soon as
one cell became flat, the others began forcing charge into it at a very high
rate.


...... Phil