摘要:
A composition for an insulating layer of a medium to high voltage power cable is disclosed. The composition comprises a cross-linkable polymer with hydrolysable silane groups, and a silanol condensation catalyst of formula (I) ArSO3H or a precursor thereof, Ar being a benzene ring substituted with at least one hydrocarbyl radical such that the total number of carbon atoms of the hydrocarbyl radical (s) is 8-20, or a naphthalene ring substituted with at least one hydrocarbyl radical such that the total number of carbon atoms of the hydrocarbyl radical(s) is 4-18, and the catalyst of formula (I) containing 14-28 carbon atoms in total. A medium to high voltage cable with an insulating layer that has a thickness of more than 2 mm and that comprises the cross-linked product of the above mentioned composition is also disclosed, as is a process of preparing such a cable by cross-linking the cable in the presence of steam at a superatmospheric pressure. Preferably the crosslinking is carried out with saturated steam in a vulcanising tube at about 0.8-1.2 MPa and 170-190°C.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a polyolefin composition comprising (v) a crosslinkable polyolefin with hydrolysable silane groups (A), (vi) a dihydrocarbyl tin dicarboxylate (B) as a silanol condensation catalyst according to the following formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 independently are hydrocarbyl groups having at least 6 carbon atoms, and R3 and R4 independently are hydrocarbyl groups having at least 8 carbon atoms, to a wire or cable comprising a layer made of such a composition, and to the use of such a composition for the production of a layer of a cable.
摘要:
A composition for an insulating layer of an electric cable is described. The composition contains an ethylene plastic as the base resin and further contains up to about 5 % by weight of additives including antioxidant, and peroxide cross-linking agent. The composition is characterised in that the antioxidant additive includes a compound of the formula (V): R1(-(C=O)O-)k(CH2)1-S-(CH2)m(-O-(C=O)-)nR2 where R1 and R2, which are the same of different, are C7-C23 alkyl, C7-C23 alkenyl, R3-Ar-, Ar-R3-, or AR-, where R3 is C8-C24 alkyl and Ar is C6-C14 aryl; k and n, which are the same of different, are 0 or 1, 1 and m, which are the same or different, are integers ≥0; with the proviso that the compound is free from phenolic groups; and that the compositions is free from compounds having the formula (VI): R-O-(C=O)-CH2CH2SCH2CH2-(C=O)-O-R where R is a C8-C20 alkyl group.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a polyolefin composition comprising (v) a crosslinkable polyolefin with hydrolysable silane groups (A), (vi) a dihydrocarbyl tin dicarboxylate (B) as a silanol condensation catalyst according to the following formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 independently are hydrocarbyl groups having at least 6 carbon atoms, and R3 and R4 independently are hydrocarbyl groups having at least 8 carbon atoms, to a wire or cable comprising a layer made of such a composition, and to the use of such a composition for the production of a layer of a cable.
摘要:
A semiconducting composition for electric cables, an electric cable incorporating the composition, and a method of producing a cross-linked semiconducting layer of an electric cable are disclosed. The semiconducting composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition, (a) 50-90 % by weight of an ethylene copolymer, (b) carbon black in an amount at least sufficient to make the composition semiconducting, (c) 0-8 % by weight of a peroxide cross-linking agent, (d) 0-8 % by weight of conventional additives, characterised in that the ethylene copolymer (a) is a heterogeneous ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer, which besides ethylene moieties comprises 2-10 mole % of an alkyl (meth)acrylate comonomer moiety, chosen among methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, (iso-)propyl (meth)acrylate and butyl (meth)acrylate, and the melting point of which is at least 95 °C and is higher than (108.5 - 1.7 x (mole % of alkyl (meth)acrylate comonomer)) degree centigrade. The copolymer is preferably obtained by high pressure radical polymerisation in a tubular reactor.
摘要:
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 polymerisation of at least one alpha -olefin in more than one stage having a density of about 0.920-0.965 g/cm , a melt flow rate (MFR2) of about 0.2-5 g/10 min, an FRR21/2 >/= 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 and a melt flow rate (MFR2) 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 and a melt flow rate (MFR21) of about 0.5-20 g/10 min.
摘要:
A multimodal polymer composition for fibre optical cables and a fibre optical cable comprising the composition are disclosed. The composition is characterised in that it comprises a multimodal polyethylene with a density of 0.920-0.965 g/cm3 and a viscosity at a shear stress of 2.7 kPa (θ¿2.7kPa?) of at least 150 kPa.s, said multimodal polyethylene comprising a low molecular weight (LMW) ethylene homo- or copolymer fraction and a high molecular weight (HMW) ethylene copolymer fraction, said multimodal polymer composition having a weight ratio of the LMW fraction to the HMW fraction of (35-55) : (65-45). Preferably, the multimodal polyethylene is a bimodal polyethylene and has a shear thinning index (SHI), defined as the ratio of the viscosities at shear stresses of 2.7 and 210 kPa, respectively, of SHI2.7/210 = 20-150. Also, preferably, the multimodal polyethylene has an MFR5 of 0.1-2.0 g/10 min and a melt strength at 190 °C of at least 4 g. The multimodal polymer composition is particularly useful as a material for slotted core elements of fibre optical cables of the slotted core type.