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DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE

Overview

This standard specifies test methods and requirements for primary and secondary (rechargeable) lithium cells and batteries to ensure their safety during transport other than for recycling or disposal. In this second edition modifications in subsection 38.3 of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria have been taken into account. The most important modifications are: distinction between small and large cell or battery by gross mass rather than by lithium content or Watt-hour rating (nominal energy); combination of the no mass loss (NM) and no leakage (NL) criteria into one criteria (NL); extension of an acceptable mass loss of 0,2 % from 5 g to 75 g mass of a cell or battery; reduction of large batteries to be tested under tests T-1 to T-5 and T-8 from 4 to 2 samples; reduction of test samples required for small battery assemblies (5.2.2); reduction of the vibration amplitude to 2 g for large batteries in T-3 vibration test method; replacement of the impact test by the crush test for prismatic, pouch, button, and coin cells as well as cylindrical cells with no more than 20 mm in diameter. The responsible committee is DKE/K 372 "Primärbatterien" ("Primary batteries") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.

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Responsible national committee

DKE/K 372 - Primärbatterien