What really happens when you drop a lithium-ion battery into water? Is it going to explode, catch fire, or just fizzle out?

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To create the images, two batteries were heated to 250 degrees Celsius (around 482 degrees Fahrenheit) and observed what happened using a thermal camera and a powerful synchrotron X-ray. The object ...