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Insulating composition for communication cables

US6180721A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 1999
Grant dateJan 30, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49123
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An insulating composition for communication cables (2) is disclosed as well as a telesingle wire (2) which comprises the insulating composition and a telecommunication cable (1) which comprises a plurality of telesingle wires (2) including the insulating composition. The insulating composition comprises a multimodal olefin polymer mixture, obtained by polymerization of at least one .alpha.-olefin in more than one stage having a density of about 0.920-0.965 g/cm.sup.3, a melt flow rate (MFR.sub.2) of about 0.2-5 g/10 min, an FRR.sub.21/2.gtoreq.60, and an environmental stress cracking resistance (ESCR) according to ASTM D 1693 A/10% Igepal, of at least 500 hrs, said olefin polymer mixture comprising at least a first and a second olefin polymer, of which the first is selected from (a) a low molecular weight (MW) olefin polymer with a density of about 0.925-0.975 g/cm.sup.3 and a melt flow rate (MFR.sub.2) of about 300-20 000 g/10 min, and (b) a high molecular weight (MW) olefin polymer with a density of about 0.880-0.950 g/cm.sup.3 and a melt flow rate (MFR.sub.21) of about 0.5-20 g/10 min.

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