A cell phone exploded in a woman’s pants pocket while she was shopping in the city of Anápolis, Goiás, causing the young woman’s clothes to fire.
THE CNN Cynthia Thamires da Silva, a researcher at USP and P&D manager at Hion Tecnologia, explained the signs that can precede such an accident.
According to the expert, although rare, the problem may occur due to failures in the battery protection system.
Smartphone batteries have an electronic management system responsible for protecting them against voltage, subsidiah, current and overheating.
The researcher clarified that the so -called “explosion” is actually an inflammation caused by the lege of the battery lithium in contact with the air. The process is severe and resembles an explosion.
“Simply put, the protection system should turn off the smartphone when identifying a battery failure, and this is most likely not,” explained Cynthia Thamires da Silva.
The expert also pointed out that this problem can occur in both new and old devices, depending on the quality of the battery protection system.
“If you don’t have a good protection system, The ideal is to identify a larger heating on the device and turn off the device until it returns to its ideal temperature “He concluded.
The “explosion” of the cell phone
The accident happened on Saturday (8) when the young woman and her husband ran the store in the central sector, looking at the exposed products. She wore jeans and white blouse and wore a small handbag, but her cell phone was in her jeans rear pocket.
Images from a surveillance camera of the establishment show when the flames break out and the woman despair. The husband tries to help her and other people also wake up to erase the flames. Watch the video.
This content was originally published in “Cell Phone Explosion”: Expert explains signs that precede a failure on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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