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    Thermal runaway describes a process that is accelerated by increased temperature, in turn releasing energy that further increases temperature. Thermal...
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    feedback loop is created producing thermal runaway and possibly an explosion or other chemical reaction. Thermal decomposition is a chemical reaction...
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    intermediate voltages into '0' and '1' states. On the other hand, thermal runaway is a type of positive feedback that can destroy semiconductor junctions...
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    with low thermal conductivity, where dielectric constant increases with temperature, microwave heating can cause localized thermal runaway. Under certain...
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  • some battery chemistries are at risk of thermal runaway, leading to cell rupture or combustion. As thermal runaway is determined not only by cell chemistry...
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    McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1979. The plane has had two major battery thermal runaway events in 52,000 flight hours, neither of which were contained safely;...
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    evolutionary stages of a massive star, or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion. The original object, called the progenitor, either collapses...
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    the cooler regions when Vgs is very close to Vth. This can lead to thermal runaway and the destruction of the MOSFET even when it is operating within...
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    in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions), followed by thermal runaway (self heating which rapidly accelerates to high temperatures) and finally...
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    overheated or overcharged, Li-ion batteries may suffer thermal runaway and cell rupture. During thermal runaway, internal degradation and oxidization processes...
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  • releasing more heat than what can be removed and becoming uncontrollable Thermal runaway, self-increase of the reaction rate of an exothermic process while...
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    A helium flash is a very brief thermal runaway nuclear fusion of large quantities of helium into carbon through the triple-alpha process in the core of...
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    fires in light of the continuing numerous fire incidents. They were thermal runaway incidents related to the lithium-ion batteries. The brands involved...
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    plastic deformation faster than it can be conducted away. The result is thermal runaway, a positive feedback loop of heating, material weakening, and strain...
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    reaction energy with virtually no cobalt content to avoid cobalt's thermal runaway characteristic, have become available. FAA approved a 787 battery in...
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    shock, unlike fluorescent and incandescent bulbs, which are fragile. Thermal runaway: Parallel strings of LEDs will not share current evenly due to the...
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    during thermal runaway than LMO. The pack is designed to prevent catastrophic cell failures from propagating to adjacent cells (thermal runaway), even...
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  • many bystanders. In chemical engineering, a reaction which undergoes thermal runaway can cause catastrophic failure. It can be difficult to isolate the...
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    positive feedback results in thermal runaway. There are several approaches to mitigate bipolar transistor thermal runaway. For example, Negative feedback...
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    metallisation on a chip may thus cause secondary overvoltage damage. Thermal runaway can cause sudden failures including melting, fire or explosions. The...
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    energy discharge, overheating, and sometimes fires or explosions due to thermal runaway. Li dendrites reduce coulombic efficiency. The exact mechanisms of...
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    frequent replacement or recharging, and may risk explosion due to thermal runaway. According to Sarcos, the company has solved some of these issues related...
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    low-impedance system. Joule heating in a current-biased TES can lead to thermal runaway that drives the detector into the normal (non-superconducting) state...
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  • relativistic particles. REs may be classified as thermal (lower energy) or relativistic. The study of runaway electrons is thought to be fundamental to our...
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    whose negative temperature coefficient of resistance can encourage thermal runaway. The P–O bond in the (PO 4)3− ion is stronger than the Co–O bond in...
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    Grignard reactions often can have a long induction period, followed by a thermal runaway, even causing the reaction solvent to boil-off. IUPAC, Compendium of...
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    ; Liu, N.; Veronis, G. (2006). "Monte Carlo model for analysis of thermal runaway electrons in streamer tips in transient luminous events and streamer...
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    have been proposed to explain this phenomenon, including dehydration, thermal runaway, and phase change. The geothermal gradient can be lowered where cool...
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  • challenges and also causes the chip to heat up, which creates a threat of thermal runaway and therefore further increases energy costs. The breakdown of Dennard...
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    common in the 1950s and 1960s but has a greater tendency to exhibit thermal runaway. Since germanium p-n junctions have a lower forward bias than silicon...
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