Optical fiber cable having a hydrogen-absorbing zeolite
US4717236A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01B7/288
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Hydrogen evolution in an optical fibre is suppressed by the incorporation of a hydrogen absorbent material in a water blocking compound with which the cable is filled. Typically the absorbent material is a silver substituted zeolite.
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