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Thermal runaway

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Definition

Self-sustaining exothermic chain reaction inside a cell that can propagate to neighbouring cells; the central failure mode that EV battery safety standards target.

Source

Wikipedia, Thermal runaway — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_runaway

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