Most of us have seen the videos. Batteries exploding with a bright flash of light and/or violent jets of flames. Is it due to pressure inside the battery or simply the materials/chemicals they’re made of?
In: Chemistry
The materials/chemicals inside. Most of the batteries you see violently exploding are lithium ion batteries. Lithium, and all of the elements in the same column on the periodic table, are known to be *highly* reactive with water. Explosively reactive in fact. So, the instant it is exposed to air, it violently reacts with the moisture in the air and then you see a pretty and dangerous explosion!
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