IEC EN 60086-4 Primary Batteries - Part 4: Standard Test for the Safety of Lithium Batteries

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of IEC EN 60086-4 testing. IEC EN 60086-4 specifies tests and requirements for primary lithium batteries to ensure their safe operation under their intended use and reasonably foreseeable misuse.

Primary lithium batteries standardized in IEC EN 60086-2 are expected to meet all applicable requirements here. It is understood that this part of IEC EN 60086 can also be applied to the measurement or safety of non-standardized primary lithium batteries. In either case, no claims or warranties are made as to whether compliance or non-compliance with this standard will meet the user's particular purposes or needs.

The concept of security is closely related to the protection of human and property integrity. This standard specifies the tests and requirements for lithium batteries and has been prepared in accordance with ISO/IEC guidelines, taking into account all applicable national and international standards.

Consequently, it is important to carefully consider safety during the design, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal of lithium batteries. Based on such special features, lithium batteries for consumer applications were initially small and had low power output. There were also high power output lithium batteries used for specific industrial and military applications, described as "technician replaceable". The first edition of this standard has been prepared to adapt to this situation.

However, from the late 1980s, lithium batteries with high power output began to be widely used in the consumer replacement market, especially as a power source in camera applications. As the demand for lithium batteries with such high power output has increased significantly, various manufacturers have started to produce such lithium batteries. As a result of this situation, safety considerations for lithium batteries with high power output are included in the second edition of this document.

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