A phone exploded in my classroom

[blueblur121]

Phones have Lithium ion batteries, specifically Lithium Hydroxide, which is worse in toxicity on organic material than highly-concentrated Hydrochloric Acid.

That's unfortunate. I wonder what kind of toxic gas they had to pump out of the building after this thing happened. OP mentioned it smelled funny.

...the black spot is a burn, from the explosion...

nice quote.
EDIT: I saw that ninja.

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[GoldenChicken43]

> battery exploded
I remembered this video suddenly:
http://youtu.be/fkP-b1ADvbk?t=3m44s
But from what you're explaining I assume it was worse than that.

Oh yes, there were sparks and stuff

[GhostStar]

Ive never seen a battery explode befor. Was there like acid on the walls and stuff or was it just like a small explosion with only a few pieces of the phone broke. Or was it kinda flames but not much... what kinda kaboom was it!

[HellHound]

I find this hard to believe. Your positive attitude towards it doesn't help your case either.

[otto-san]

yeah this can happen if some of the chemicals inside react

[Snaked_Snake]

yeah meaning it left a black spot

The original post was a joke but thanks for the info.

[GoldenChicken43]

Ive never seen a battery explode befor. Was there like acid on the walls and stuff or was it just like a small explosion with only a few pieces of the phone broke. Or was it kinda flames but not much... what kinda kaboom was it!

No stuff other than black stuff from explosions on the floor, the phone had little pieces out (didn't see it clearly, I was in the back of the room and they threw it away before I could see it more clear) Sparks flew (No fire fortunately! :D) and the kind of kaboom where it goes "POP!"

[SWAT One]

This probably explains the explosion

It's not so much the toxicity as it is a battery leak or extreme heat problem, either caused by battery leak or overloading your phone with processes.  Bumping it like he did would set it off, though.

That's unfortunate. I wonder what kind of toxic gas they had to pump out of the building after this thing happened. OP mentioned it smelled funny.
nice quote.
EDIT: I saw that ninja.

It's not necessarily toxic gas as it is the smell of chemical burns on flesh.

[GoldenChicken43]

I find this hard to believe. Your positive attitude towards it doesn't help your case either.

I was only positive about how it didn't catch on fire which would make the situation worse

[Georges]

*Gasp* "the black spot!" *spins around and does a little dance*

[HellHound]

The great black spot, not as cool as Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

[GoldenChicken43]

The great black spot, not as cool as Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

we tried

[DrenDran]

I've actually read another story before about a phone suddenly overheating and causing a student burns.
Apparently it does happen, though quite rarely.

[HellHound]

The fact that it happened twice means it isn't all that rare.

[GoldenChicken43]

The fact that it happened twice means it isn't all that rare.

I think it just depends on what they do. Like if they smash it or fiddle with it. You will get different results