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    "id": "term:lithium-battery-mark",
    "type": "Term",
    "label": "Lithium battery mark",
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      "id": "lithium-battery-mark",
      "name": "Lithium battery mark",
      "aka": [
        "lithium battery handling mark",
        "battery handling label"
      ],
      "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
      "definition": "The rectangular package mark — a red hatched border, a burning-battery symbol and the UN number — that flags small lithium batteries in a consignment relieved of the full dangerous-goods rules, such as Section II by air; Section IB packages carry it beside the Class 9A label. It is at least 100 × 100 mm, or 100 × 70 mm on small packages.",
      "related": [
        "class-9-dangerous-goods",
        "iata-section-ia-ib-ii",
        "un-numbers-batteries",
        "iata-dgr"
      ],
      "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/lithium-battery-mark/",
      "mentions": []
    }
  },
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      "id": "edge:relatedTo/term:lithium-battery-mark/term:class-9-dangerous-goods",
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    },
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      "id": "edge:relatedTo/term:lithium-battery-mark/term:iata-section-ia-ib-ii",
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    },
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      "id": "edge:relatedTo/term:lithium-battery-mark/term:un-numbers-batteries",
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    },
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      "id": "edge:relatedTo/term:lithium-battery-mark/term:iata-dgr",
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    {
      "id": "topic:topic-standards-vehicle",
      "type": "Topic",
      "label": "Vehicle and transport standards",
      "properties": {
        "id": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "name": "Vehicle and transport standards",
        "lede": "The regulations and standards a vehicle battery must meet to be approved, and the rules for shipping batteries by road, sea and air.",
        "context": "Check issuing organization, edition, scope and market.",
        "example": "Shipping tests and vehicle battery approval tests address different uses; passing one does not automatically satisfy another.",
        "lesson_url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/fundamentals/battery-basics/",
        "lesson_label": "Open battery basics"
      }
    },
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      "id": "term:class-9-dangerous-goods",
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      "label": "Class 9 dangerous goods",
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        "id": "class-9-dangerous-goods",
        "name": "Class 9 dangerous goods",
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          "Class 9",
          "miscellaneous dangerous goods",
          "Class 9A label",
          "lithium battery hazard label"
        ],
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The miscellaneous hazard class of the UN Model Regulations, where lithium and sodium-ion batteries sit; wet lead–acid and nickel batteries with corrosive electrolyte are Class 8 instead. Fully regulated battery consignments carry the Class 9A label — seven vertical stripes above a burning-battery symbol — alongside the separate lithium battery mark where that applies.",
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          "iata-dgr"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/class-9-dangerous-goods/",
        "mentions": [
          "electrolyte"
        ]
      }
    },
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      "id": "term:iata-section-ia-ib-ii",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Section IA, IB and II",
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        "name": "Section IA, IB and II",
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          "Section II",
          "Section IB",
          "Section IA",
          "excepted lithium batteries",
          "small lithium batteries"
        ],
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The tiers within the air packing instructions for lithium batteries. Section IA is fully regulated; Section IB covers small batteries — cells up to 20 Wh and batteries up to 100 Wh, or 1 g and 2 g of lithium metal — shipped alone; Section II relaxes the rules for such batteries packed with or inside equipment. Section II for batteries shipped alone was withdrawn in 2022.",
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          "dangerous-goods-training"
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        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/iata-section-ia-ib-ii/",
        "mentions": []
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:un-numbers-batteries",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "UN numbers for batteries",
      "properties": {
        "id": "un-numbers-batteries",
        "name": "UN numbers for batteries",
        "aka": [
          "UN 3480",
          "UN 3481",
          "UN 3090",
          "UN 3091",
          "UN 3536",
          "UN 3551",
          "proper shipping name"
        ],
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The four-digit numbers that identify a battery consignment worldwide: UN 3480 for lithium-ion batteries, UN 3481 for lithium-ion packed with or contained in equipment, UN 3090 and 3091 for the same in lithium metal, UN 3551 and 3552 for sodium-ion, and UN 3536 for batteries installed in a cargo transport unit. Since 2025 battery-powered vehicles have UN 3556–3558.",
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        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/un-numbers-batteries/",
        "mentions": []
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:iata-dgr",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations",
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        "id": "iata-dgr",
        "name": "IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations",
        "abbr": "DGR",
        "aka": [
          "IATA DGR",
          "packing instruction 965"
        ],
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The airline industry’s manual for shipping dangerous goods by air, built on the ICAO Technical Instructions and reissued every year. Lithium batteries fall under packing instructions 965–967 for lithium-ion — alone, packed with or inside equipment — and 968–970 for lithium metal. Lithium-ion batteries shipped alone must be at no more than 30 % state of charge; from 2026 so must those packed with equipment above 2.7 Wh.",
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          "transport-regulations",
          "shipping-soc",
          "imdg-code",
          "adr-rid-adn",
          "cfr-49",
          "iec-62281"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/iata-dgr/",
        "mentions": [
          "state-of-charge",
          "icao-technical-instructions"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
