why are these labeled "ion" and thought were lifepo4?

There's contact info at the bottom of the data sheet so that might be a good place to start. Please report back on what you find out! :thumb:
 
Phosphate is an ion, lithium is an ion, etc. Lithium ferrous phosphate (LiFePO4) is every bit as ionic as Lithium cobalt.

A123 should know that "lithium ion" is widely used by people who have no idea they mean "lithium cobalt", so it's a bad idea to use it with these cells that are presumably LiFePO4, but it isn't exactly incorrect, just dumb.
 
donn said:
Phosphate is an ion, lithium is an ion, etc. Lithium ferrous phosphate (LiFePO4) is every bit as ionic as Lithium cobalt.

A123 should know that "lithium ion" is widely used by people who have no idea they mean "lithium cobalt", so it's a bad idea to use it with these cells that are presumably LiFePO4, but it isn't exactly incorrect, just dumb.

Could be marketing. Virtually every battery relies on ions passing between two electrodes. Some batteries are named based on the anode, cathode or electrolyte material (e.g. nickel-cadmium), but a lot aren't. I bet when the inventor of LiFePO4 batteries came along, he probably said "damn, somebody already took the cool names" and settled on Lithium Iron.
 
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