There’s been a fire. Investigate the burn patterns and figure out where the fire started and how.
Fire safety is a complex problem without a single answer. Learn how to engineer and design fire-safe spaces.
Safe and sustainable cities will depend on lithium-ion batteries to power our modern lives. But what are the costs?
Lithium-ion batteries in your favorite devices make our daily lives possible, but they also come with risks. Join the search for safer solutions.
In the Science of Thermal Runaway you learned what kinds of behaviors might cause thermal runaway in the Lithium-ion batteries. In this interactive solve the scenario from the opening scene. Build your argument using the clues in the scene above, the information you’ve collected in your exploration, and the knowledge you have gained.
Explore this interactive to help identify: What caused thermal runaway in this scenario?
Be sure to explore The Science of Thermal Runaway Pathway that supports this resource
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