chemical reaction

This can be triggered by events from short-circuits to physical damage and manufacturing defects, and which allows heat-producing chemical reactions to start within the battery.

Scientists believe these features contain minerals produced by chemical reactions that could be associated with ancient Martian microbes.

An impromptu exchange on chemical reactions followed, with the judge probing her on laboratory processes.

The room itself is about the size of a football pitch, and home to row after row of huge metal vats within which chemical reactions force the different rare earths apart.

Firefighters let it burn, citing the dangers of dousing lithium-ion battery fires with water, which can cause dangerous chemical reactions.