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Side-by-side fire-safety laboratory test showing a swollen LiPo battery pouch cell on the left with bulging aluminium-plastic laminate and exposed jellyroll layers, next to a vented 18650 cylindrical lithium-ion cell on the right emitting a bright directional jet flame from its scored positive-terminal vent

🔋 Battery Fire Safety April 20, 2026 · 7 min read

Why a LiPo Battery Is Really a Lithium-Ion Battery

A LiPo battery is a lithium-ion battery. The polymer only names the gel and pouch. Here is why that matters for fire safety.

Cutaway of a cylindrical lithium-ion battery showing cathode, anode, separator, and electrolyte with ions flowing between electrodes

🔋 Battery Fire Safety April 17, 2026 · 9 min read

Lithium-Ion Battery Basics: How They Work and Why They Burn

What a lithium-ion battery is, how the 'rocking chair' of ions works, and why this Nobel-winning chemistry also carries real fire risk.

A glowing log at the pyrolysis front, volatile gases rising from a carbonized surface — the moment wood turns into fire

🔥 Fire Fundamentals April 14, 2026 · 16 min read

The Science of Pyrolysis: How Heat Unmakes Everything

Pyrolysis — heat breaking molecular bonds without oxygen — drives wildfires, battery thermal runaway, biochar, plastic recycling, and even coffee roasting.