you are packing a mobile phone containing a lithium ion battery and you get a prompt on the screen to put a lithium ion label on the box. You have run out of such labels and have only lithium metal labels left. what should you do?

There are different instructions that comes with labeling, lithium metal label  is quite different from Lithium-ion labels and as such one cannot use one for the order.

What one should you do is to never use the lithium metal labels in place of  Lithium-ion labels. It is better to go and get the required label. If not found, the mobile phone should not be packaged for transport.

One has to comply with the regulations regarding batteries and the packaging of lithium batteries.

Lithium Metal Batteries  are known as primary battery. That is, they are non-rechargeable. They are said to have lithium metal or lithium compounds in them.

They have high energy density than other lithium batteries.   They can be found in Watches , Calculators etc.

Lithium-ion batteries are known to be  secondary battery. That is, they are said to be rechargeable in nature. They can be found  in Mobile phones, Laptops etc.

When shipped, any packages that has lithium-ion batteries must be labeled with  UN3480  or UN3481.

When shipped, any packages that has lithium metal batteries must be labeled  with UN3090  or UN3091.

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Do not use such labels because they may be misleading and are unethical.

Explanation:

Note, there is a big difference in design between the two terms or labels. Lithium metal batteries are non-rechargeable batteries. In other words, they cannot be recharged after they run down. For example, most watches, calculators, or car keys are made of lithium metal batteries.

While Lithium-ion batteries (or Li-ion batteries) are rechargeable batteries , and they are commonly used by mobile phones, laptops, and other gadgets.

Therefore, with such differences in mind, it may be very misleading when someone in possession of the mobile phone sees the lithium metal labels; then thinks the battery is non-rechargeable.

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