Lipo or LiPo

[CARB]

So here is a bit of fun, the question is Lipo or LiPo which is it, I veer to LiPo as it is a technical description for a Lihium Polymer battery, so like NiCad we do not in general say Nic^ad which we would if we followd the same derivation as Lipo.

What do you think, or know someone with a degree in the English language would be helpfull here, not me though

[Lee1972]

LiPo for me :thumbsup:

[Ashlandchris]

Interesting question. As a chemist I would say it doesn't matter as they are simply conveniently abbreviated names.
NiCad was the abbreviation for Nickel Cadmium ( which would have been Ni Cd if official chemical symbols had been used) and as was already said, LiPo stands for Lithium Polymer, so the chemical symbol for Lithium is Li, but as Polymer is not a single chemical, it is a compound of carbon / hydrogen / oxygen and other elements, it has no symbol.
Because they are "sort of" chemical names, the standard chemical naming process requires an abbreviation to either a single capital letter or a capital followed by a lowercase so NiCad and LiPo "sort of" look correct, but in actual fact neither are as there is no right and wrong (well, except NiCd)
Hope that helps?

[cutting42]

Well technically the batteries we use and know as LiPo's are not really Lithium Polymers. A true Lithium Polymer uses a polymerized electrolyte to prevent leaking which gives very flexible manufacturing capability as they can be custom shapes and very flat.

What we use is really a Lithium Ion in a plastic pouch where the term polymer refers to the plastic that the pouch is made from, the inside is a regular Lithium Ion technology.

So what you call it is up to your preference. You could call it LiPo, LIP or even Lipoly but it is really Li-Ion :thumbsup: