Lithium thionyl chloride battery production workshop
chemistries of concern were lithium-sulfur dioxide (Li-SO2), lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCL2), and lithium-sulfuryl chloride (Li-S02CL2). In response, the Navy established a lithium battery safety program in 1982 within a unit of the Naval Sea Systems Command responsible for explosives safety throughout the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.