Cygnus DIVE Operating Manual
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25.
Shipping of Lithium-Ion Batteries
The DIVE battery pack contains a single rechargeable Lithium-Ion
cell UN reference number
UN 3481 PI 966 Section II
.
The DIVE battery complies with the UN Manual of Tests and
Criteria, Part III, subsection 38.3.
For shipping they must be packaged as set out in IATA Packaging
Instructions 966.
Faulty batteries MUST NOT be shipped back to Cygnus
Instruments, their agent or distributor.
It is forbidden to transport faulty or damaged lithium
batteries, they must be correctly disposed of locally.
Battery Information
The Watt-hour rating of the battery is 8.1 Watt-hour
Composition;
Steel, Copper Aluminium
31%
Polypropylene
10%
Lithium cobaltite
29%
Organic solvents
13%
Salts
1%
Lithium metal
0%
Electrochemistry;
Negative electrode
carbon
Positive electrode
Lithium cobaltite
Electrolyte
Solution of lithium
hexafluorophosphate in a mixture
of organic solvents
Nominal battery voltage
3.7 V
The battery contains less than 0.5g Lithium
