EP2430641A2 - Compositions isolantes améliorées contenant des stabilisants à base de zinc - Google Patents

Compositions isolantes améliorées contenant des stabilisants à base de zinc

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EP2430641A2
EP2430641A2 EP10775594A EP10775594A EP2430641A2 EP 2430641 A2 EP2430641 A2 EP 2430641A2 EP 10775594 A EP10775594 A EP 10775594A EP 10775594 A EP10775594 A EP 10775594A EP 2430641 A2 EP2430641 A2 EP 2430641A2
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David Camillo
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/11—End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • H01R11/12—End pieces terminating in an eye, hook, or fork

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  • the invention relates to lead-free insulation compositions for electric power cables having (a) a base polymer comprising either (i) at least one metallocene polymer, or (ii) at least one non-metallocene polymer or (iii) a combination thereof; (b) a filler; and (c) an additive comprising either (i) at least one hindered amine light stabilizer, or (ii) at least one mercapto compound, (iii) a zinc stabilizer or (iv) a combination thereof.
  • Typical power cables generally have one or more conductors in a core that is surrounded by several layers that can include: a first polymeric semiconducting shield layer, a polymeric insulating layer, a second polymeric semiconducting shield layer, a metallic tape shield and a polymeric jacket.
  • Polymeric materials have been utilized in the past as electrical insulating and semiconducting shield materials for power cables. In services or products requiring long- term performance of an electrical cable, such polymeric materials, in addition to having suitable dielectric properties, must be durable. For example, polymeric insulation utilized in building wire, electrical motor or machinery power wires, or underground power transmitting cables, must be durable for safety and economic necessities and practicalities.
  • Treeing generally progresses through a dielectric section under electrical stress so that, if visible, its path looks something like a tree. Treeing may occur and progress slowly by periodic partial discharge. It may also occur slowly in the presence of moisture without any partial discharge, with moisture and discharge, or it may occur rapidly as the result of an impulse voltage. Trees may form at the site of a high electrical stress such as contaminants or voids in the body of the insulatio ⁇ -semiconductive screen interface. In solid organic dielectrics, treeing is the most likely mechanism of electrical failures, which do not occur catastrophically, but rather appear to be the result of a more lengthy process.
  • electrical treeing results from internal electrical discharges that decompose the dielectric.
  • High voltage impulses can produce electrical trees.
  • the damage which results from the application of moderate alternating current voltages to the electrode/insulation interfaces, which can contain imperfections, is commercially significant. In this case, very high, localized stress gradients can exist and with sufficient time can lead to initiation and growth of trees.
  • An example of this is a high voltage power cable or connector with a rough interface between the conductor or conductor shield and the primary insulator.
  • the failure mechanism involves actual breakdown of the modular structure of the dielectric material, perhaps by electron bombardment. In the past much of the art has been concerned with the inhibition of electrical trees.
  • water treeing In contrast to electrical treeing, which results from internal electrical discharges that decompose the dielectric, water treeing is the deterioration of a solid dielectric material, which is simultaneously exposed to liquid or vapor and an electric field. Buried power cables are especially vulnerable to water treeing. Water trees initiate from sites of high electrical stress such as rough interfaces, protruding conductive points, voids, or imbedded contaminants, but at lower voltages than that required for electrical trees.
  • water trees In contrast to electrical trees, water trees have the following distinguishing characteristics; (a) the presence of water is essential for their growth; (b) no partial discharge is normally detected during their initiation; (c) they can grow for years before reaching a size that may contribute to a breakdown; (d) although slow growing, they are initiated and grow in much lower electrical fields than those required for the development of electrical trees.
  • Low to medium voltage applications for example, electrical cables and applications in the automotive industry, electrical treeing is generally not a pervasive problem and is far less common than water treeing, which frequently is a problem.
  • the most common polymeric insulators are made from either polyethylene homopolymers or ethylene- propylene elastomers, otherwise known as ethylene-propylene-rubber (EPR) or ethylene- propylene-diene ter-polymer (EPDM).
  • EPR ethylene-propylene-rubber
  • EPDM ethylene- propylene-diene ter-polymer
  • Polyethylene is generally used neat (without a filler) as an electrical insulation material.
  • Polyethylenes have very good dielectric properties, especially dielectric constants and power factors (Tangent Delta).
  • the dielectric constant of polyethylene is in the range of about 2.2 to 2.3.
  • the power factor which is a function of electrical energy dissipated and lost and should be as low as possible, is around 0.0002 at room temperature, a very desirable value.
  • the mechanical properties of polyethylene polymers are also adequate for utilization in many applications as medium-voltage insulation, although they are prone to deformation at high temperatures. However, polyethylene homopolymers are very prone to water treeing, especially toward the upper end of the medium-voltage range.
  • EPR typically contains a high level of filler in order to improve thermal properties and reduce cost.
  • EPR When utilized as a medium-voltage insulator, EPR will generally contain about 20 to about 50 weight percent filler, usually calcined clay, and is preferably crosslinked with peroxides. The presence of the filler gives EPR a high resistance against the propagation of trees, EPR also has mechanical properties which are superior to polyethylene at elevated temperatures.
  • the filled EPR will generally have poorer dielectric properties, i.e. a poorer dielectric constant and a poor power factor.
  • the dielectric constant of filled EPR is in the range of about 2.3 to about 2.8. Its power factor is on the order of about 0.002 to about 0.005 at room temperature, which is approximately an order of magnitude worse than polyethylene.
  • both polyethylenes and EPR have serious limitations as an electrical insulator in cable applications.
  • polyethylene polymers have good electric properties, they have poor water tree resistance.
  • filled EPR has good treeing resistance and good mechanical properties, it has dielectric properties inferior to polyethylene polymers.
  • Newer metallocene polyethylene co-polymers are more flexible and have been proposed for use as cable insulation but they also have generally poorer thermal stability, and may deform when exposed to high heat. They also suffer from higher electrical loss with AC current which may be measured by a factor called tan delta.
  • Polyethylene is the lowest cost insulation polymer for power cables but is the least flexible. Flexibility is desirable for installing cables in confined or limited spaces such as underground ducts, tunnels, manholes and in complex switching stations and transformer banks.
  • EPR and EPDM are the most flexible insulation polymers but are higher in cost. Metallocene EPR, EPDM, ethylene-octenes, and ethylene-butenes have the desired flexibility at a lower cost.
  • TMQs trimethylquinolines
  • TMQs are preferred antioxidants for filled LV, MV or HV cable insulations because of their good thermal degradation protection, low interference with the widely used peroxide cure systems and low cost. TMQs are not used in polyethylene insulation because of their propensity to cause staining.
  • Hindered amine light stabilizers or "HALS” are primarily used in clear plastic film, sheets or coatings to prevent degradation by light. HALS are used in unfilled polyethylene insulations. They are thought to prevent degradation caused by light emitted by tiny electrical discharges.
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,719,218 discloses an optically transparent polyethylene insulation formulation with a HAL in combination with a hydrolyzed ethylene vinyl acetate terpolymer. The compositions disclosed are stated to be useful for the prevention of degradation of the insulation by water trees.
  • EPDM type insulations have excellent resistance to water trees and have been used for over 30 years in AC cable insulations exposed to wet environments.
  • EPDM type insulations are also proven to perform in high temperature service in urban power networks. In these environments thermal stability may be most important to the end user. Filled insulations are opaque so they do not suffer from degradation caused by light emitted by tiny electrical discharges.
  • Metallocene polymers have shown much higher resistance to water trees than polyethylene but are not widely used as medium or high voltage AC cable insulation due to their higher AC loss, generally poorer thermal degradation resistance and higher cost than polyethylene. Metallocene polymers do have good acceptance of fillers and can be used for flexible, low temperature, low voltage or DC insulations. Unfilled polyethylene compositions such as those disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,719,218 are prone to staining when certain additives such as TMQ are present, as discussed above. WO 02/29829 uses the unfilled polyethylene composition disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,719,218 in an unfilled strippable insutation composition which contains a tetramethylpiperidine hindered amine light stabilizer additive. Therefore, a need exists in the electrical cable industry for an additive system that improves the performance of filled insulation compositions including those using metallocene polymers as a base polymer or component of the base polymer.
  • EP 1 192624B 1 discloses the well known concept that lead compounds are added to the insulating compositions for electric cabies to prevent water trees, while also acknowledging the need to provide substantially lead-free insulation compositions for electric cables.
  • EP 1 192624B 1 proposes the use of a specific elastomer terpolymer containing 5-vinyl-2-norbornene to provide an insulation composition substantially free of lead or its derivatives with satisfactory stability of dielectric strength over time along with resistance to the formation of water trees.
  • the invention provides an additive system that improves the performance of polymers when used as an insulation, preferably a lead-free filled insulation composition.
  • a lead-free insulation composition for electric cable comprising a base polymer comprising (a) a base polymer comprising either (i) at least one metallocene polymer, or (ii) at least one non-metal Iocene polymer or (iii) a combination thereof; (b) a filler; and (c) an additive comprising either (i) at least one hindered amine light stabilizer, (ii) at least one mercapto compound, (iii) a zinc stabilizer or (iv) a combination thereof; wherein no ingredients containing substantial amounts of lead have been added to said composition.
  • An amine antioxidant may also be added to the composition of the invention as a further additive.
  • the base polymer comprises at least one non-metallocene polymer.
  • the insulation composition base polymer comprises at least one metallocene polymer.
  • the base polymer comprises at least one non- metallocene polymer and at least one metallocene polymer.
  • the base polymer may comprise 20% to 99% by weight metallocene polymer and 1% to 80% by weight non-metallocene polymer, and the additive may be from about 0.25% to about 2.5% by weight of said insulation composition, preferably from about 0.5% to about 1.5% by weight of said insulation composition.
  • the invention particularly relates to polymeric compositions utilizing polyolefins, which compositions have a unique combination of good mechanical properties, good dielectric properties, and good water treeing resistance, as well as a lower melt temperature for improved processability when the compositions include peroxide- containing compounds.
  • the products are extremely useful as lead-free insulation compositions for electric power cables.
  • the expression "lead-free” can be considered synonymous with
  • substantially lead-free and means that lead-containing substances are not added to the compositions and/or insulations of the invention or the cables that use them. The reality must be recognized, however, that trace or negligible amounts of lead or its derivatives or compounds may be present in the constituent materials that make up the insulation composition and the terms "lead-free” and “substantially lead-free” do not exclude this possible presence of trace or negligible amounts. In any event, “lead-free” and “substantially lead-free” can be taken to mean no more than 500 ppm lead in the insulation composition.
  • the polymers utilized in the protective jacketing, insulating, conducting or semiconducting layers of the inventive cables of the invention may be made by any suitable process which allows for the yield of the desired polymer with the desired physical strength properties, electrical properties, tree retardancy, and melt temperature for processability.
  • the base polymer in accordance with the invention may comprise either at least one non-metallocene polymer, at least one metallocene polymer or at least one non- metal locene polymer and at least one metallocene polymer.
  • Metallocene polymers are produced using a class of highly active olefin catalysts known as metallocenes, which for the purposes of this application are generally defined to contain one or more cyclopentadienyl moiety.
  • metallocenes which for the purposes of this application are generally defined to contain one or more cyclopentadienyl moiety.
  • the manufacture of metallocene polymers is described in U.S. Patent No. 6,270,856 to Hendewerk, et al, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • Metallocenes are well known especially in the preparation of polyethylene and copolyethylene-aipha-olefi ⁇ s. These catalysts, particularly those based on group IV transition metals, zirconium, titanium and hafnium, show extremely high activity in ethylene polymerization.
  • Various forms of the catalyst system of the metallocene type may be used for polymerization to prepare the polymers used in this invention, including but not limited to those of the homogeneous, supported catalyst type, wherein the catalyst and cocatalyst are together supported or reacted together onto an inert support for polymerization by a gas phase process, high pressure process, or a slurry, solution polymerization process.
  • the metallocene catalysts are also highly flexible in that, by manipulation of the catalyst composition and reaction conditions, they can be made to provide polyolefins with controllable molecular weights from as low as about 200 (useful in applications such as lube-oil additives) to about 1 million or higher, as for example in ultra-high molecular weight linear polyethylene.
  • the MWD of the polymers can be controlled from extremely narrow (as in a polydispersity of about 2), to broad (as in a polydispersity of about 8).
  • Exemplary of the development of these metallocene catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene are U.S. Pat. No.
  • Ewen, et al. teaches that the structure of the metallocene catalyst includes an alumoxane, formed when water reacts with trialkyl aluminum. The alumoxane complexes with the metallocene compound to form the catalyst. Welborn, Jr. teaches a method of polymerization of ethylene with alpha-olefins and/or diolefins.
  • Chang teaches a method of making a metallocene alumoxane catalyst system utilizing the absorbed water in a silica gel catalyst support.
  • Specific methods for making ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymers, and ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene terpolymers are taught in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,871 ,705 (issued Oct. 3, 1989) and 5,001 ,205 (issued Mar. 19, 1991 ) to Hoel, et al., and in EP-A-O 347 129 published Apr. 8, 1992, respectively, all of which are hereby fully incorporated by reference.
  • metallocenes such as trialkylaluminum compounds or ionizing ionic activators, such as tri(n-butyl)ammonium tetra(pentafluorophenyl) boron, which ionize the neutral metallocene compound.
  • ionizing compounds may contain an active proton or some other cation such as carbonium, which ionizing the metallocene on contact, forms a metallocene cation associated with (but not coordinated or only loosely coordinated with) the remaining ion of the ionizing ionic compound.
  • Such compounds are described in EP-A-O 277 003 and EP-A-O 277 004, both published Aug.
  • the polymers useful in this invention can be a metallocene catalyst component that is a monocylopentadienyl compound, which is activated by either an alumoxane or an ionic activator to form an active polymerization catalyst system.
  • Catalyst systems of this type are shown by PCT International Publication WO92/00333, published Jan. 9, 1992, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,096,867 and 5,055,438, EP-A-O 420 436 and WO91/04257 all of which are fully incorporated herein by reference.
  • the catalyst systems described above may be optionally prepolymerized or used in conjunction with an additive component to enhance catalytic productivity.
  • metallocene catalysts are particularly attractive in making tailored ultra-uniform and super-random specialty copolymers.
  • a metallocene catalyst such as very low density polyethylene, (VLDPE)
  • VLDPE very low density polyethylene
  • an ultra-uniform and super random copolymerization will occur, as contrasted to the polymer produced by copolymerization using a conventional Ziegler- Natta catalyst.
  • VLDPE very low density polyethylene
  • the base polymer utilized in the insulation composition for electric cable in accordance with the invention may also be selected from the group of polymers consisting of ethylene polymerized with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of C 3 to C?o alpha-olefins and C 3 to C20 polyenes.
  • the alpha-olefins suitable for use in the invention contain in the range of about 3 to about 20 carbon atoms.
  • the alpha-olefins contain in the range of about 3 to about 16 carbon atoms, most preferably in the range of about 3 to about 8 carbon atoms.
  • Illustrative non-limiting examples of such alpha-olefins are propylene, 1 -butene, 1 -pentene, 1-hexene, 1 -octene and 1-dodecene,
  • the polymers utilized in the cables of the invention are either ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymers or ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene terpolymers.
  • the polyene utilized in the invention generally has about 3 to about 20 carbon atoms.
  • the polyene has in the range of about 4 to about 20 carbon atoms, most preferably in the range of about 4 to about 15 carbon atoms.
  • the polyene is a diene, which can be a straight chain, branched chain, or cyclic hydrocarbon diene. Most preferably, the diene is a non conjugated diene.
  • Suitable dienes are straight chain acyclic dienes such as: 1,3-butadiene, 1,4-hexadiene and 1 ,6-octadiene; branched chain acyclic dienes such as: 5-methyl- 1 ,4-hexadiene, 3,7-dimethyl- 1 ,6-octadiene, 3,7 - dimethyl- 1 ,7-octadiene and mixed isomers of dihydro myricene and dihydroocinene; single ring alicyclic dienes such as: 1 ,3-cyclopentadiene, 1 ,4-cylcohexadiene, 1 ,5- cyclooctadiene and 1,5-cyclododecadiene; and multi-ring alicyclic fused and bridged ring dienes such as: tetrahydroindene, methyl tetrahydroindene, dicylcopentadiene, bicyclo- (2,
  • the particularly preferred dienes are 1 ,4-hexadiene, 5-ethylidene-2 -norbornene, 5- vinyllidene-2-norbornene, 5-methylene-2-norbornene and dicyclopentadiene.
  • the especially preferred dienes are 5-ethyJidene-2-norbornene and 1 ,4-hexadiene.
  • the base polymer comprises metallocene EP, which is an EPR, an EPDM polymer, ethylene-butene, or ethylene- octene, all of which are prepared with metallocene catalysts.
  • the base polymer may be metallocene EP alone, metallocene EP and at least one other metallocene polymer, or metallocene EP and at least one non-metal locene polymer as described below.
  • a metallocene base polymer with at least one hindered amine light stabilizer and an amine antioxidant achieves the objects of the invention.
  • a non-metallocene base polymer may be used having the structural formula of any of the polyolefins or polyolefin copolymers described above.
  • Ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR) polyethylene, polypropylene or ethylene vinyl acetates having a range of vinyl acetate content of from about 10% to about 40% may all be used in combination with the metallocene polymers in the base polymer to give other desired properties in the base polymer.
  • the insulation composition base polymer comprises 20% to 99% by weight metallocene polymer or polymers and 1 % to 80% by weight non-metallocene polymer or polymers.
  • the additive is present in amounts from about 0.25% to about 2.5% by weight of said composition, preferably from about 0.5% to about 1.5% by weight of said composition.
  • the additive in accordance with the invention may comprise at least one hindered amine light stabilizer, and optionally, an amine antioxidant.
  • the additive in accordance with the invention comprises at least two hindered amine light stabilizers.
  • the additive in accordance with the invention comprises at least two hindered amine light stabilizers and an amine antioxidant.
  • Any suitable hindered amine light stabilizer may be used in accordance with the invention, for example, Bis (2,2,6,6 -tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebaceate (tinuvin 770); Bis ( 1 ,2,2,6,6 -tetramethy!-4-piperidyl) sebaceate + methyl 1 ,2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl sebaceate (tinuvin 765); 1 ,6-Hexanediamine, N, N' -Bis (2,2,6,6 -tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) polymer with 2,4,6 trichloro-l,3,5-triazine, reaction products with N-butyl 2,2,6,6- tetramethyl-4-piperidinamine (Chimassorb 2020); Decanedioic acid, Bis (2,2,6,6 - tetramethyl-l-(octyloxy)-4-piperidyl)ester, reaction products with 1,1
  • any suitable amine antioxidant may be used in accordance with the invention, for example, l,2-dihydro-2-2-4, t ⁇ methylquinoline(Agerite MA , Agerite D, Flectol TMQ), octylated diphenylamine(Agerite Stelite), diphenyl-p-phenylene-diamine(Agerite DPPD) , 4,4'- di( 1 , 1 -dimethylbenzyl)-diphenylamine(Naugard 445), ethoxy- 1 ,2-dihydro-2-2-4 trimethylquinoline(Santaflex AW), p,p'-dioctyldiphenylamine(Vanox 12), 2-tert- butylhydroquinone(Eastman TenoxTBHQ), N-(l,3-dimethyl butyl)-N'-phenyl-p- phenylene diamine(Vulcanox 4020), N-phenyl-N'
  • the composition in accordance with the invention may comprise at least one zinc stabilizer either with or without at least one hindered amine light stabilizer, and optionally, with an amine antioxidant.
  • the zinc stabilizers function in manner similar to a HAL in that the electrical and mechanical properties of no-lead insulation compositions in accordance with the invention are dramatically improved by their presence. It has quite surprisingly been discovered that the zinc stabilizers of the invention do not show such positive results in the presence of lead, only in its absence.
  • zinc stabilizers examples include zinc diisononyl dithiocarbamate which is commercially available as ARBESTAB Z from Akrochem, zinc sulfide which is commercially available as SACHTOLITH HDS from Sachtleben, and zinc salt of 2- mercaptobenzothiazole (ZMBT) from Akrochem Corporation.
  • the amount of zinc stabilizer should be about 0.1 -2 weight percent based on the rubber (phr), preferably 1 -2 percent.
  • the insulating composition of the invention is filled.
  • a suitable filler is clay, talc (aluminum silicate or magnesium silicate), magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium calcium silicate, calcium carbonate, magnesium calcium carbonate, silica, ATH, magnesium hydroxide, sodium borate, calcium borate, kaolin clay, glass fibers, glass particles, or mixtures thereof.
  • the weight percent range for fillers is from about 10 percent to about 60 percent, preferably from about 20 to about 50 weight percent filler.
  • additives commonly employed in the polyolefin compositions utilized in the invention can include, for example, crosslinking agents, antioxidants, processing aids, pigments, dyes, colorants, metal deactivators, oil extenders, stabilizers, and lubricants. All of the components of the compositions utilized in the invention are usually blended or compounded together prior to their introduction into an extrusion device from which they are to be extruded onto an electrical conductor.
  • the polymer and the other additives and fillers may be blended together by any of the techniques used in the art to blend and compound such mixtures to homogeneous masses. For instance, the components may be fluxed on a variety of apparatus including multi-roll mills, screw mills, continuous mixers, compounding extruders and Banbury mixers.
  • the various components of the composition are uniformly admixed and blended together, they are further processed to fabricate the cables of the invention.
  • Prior art methods for fabricating polymer insulated cable and wire are well known, and fabrication of the cable of the invention may generally be accomplished any of the various extrusion methods.
  • a typical extrusion method an optionally heated conducting core to be coated is pulled through a heated extrusion die, generally a cross-head die, in which a layer of melted polymer is applied to the conducting core.
  • the conducting core with the applied polymer layer is passed through a heated vulcanizing section, or continuous vulcanizing section and then a cooling section, generally an elongated cooling bath, to cool.
  • Multiple polymer layers may be applied by consecutive extrusion steps in which an additional layer is added in each step, or with the proper type of die, multiple polymer layers may be applied simultaneously.
  • the conductor of the invention may generally comprise any suitable electrically conducting material, although generally electrically conducting metals are utilized.
  • the metals utilized are copper or aluminum.
  • Antioxidants Agerite TMQ/, Polymerized l,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinoline, Antioxidant,
  • Vulcanox ZMB2 zinc methylmercaptobenzimidazole, Bayer Corp., Akron, OH.
  • HALS Chimassorb 81 2-Hydroxy-4-n-octoxybenzophenone, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Tarrytown, NY Chimassorb 944 LD, Poly[[6-[(l ,l,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)amino]-l,3,5-triazine-
  • Tinuvin 622 LD Dimethyl succinate polymer w/ 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6,-tertramethyl- 1-piperidineethanol, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Tarrytown, NY
  • Tinuvin 783 FDL 50% by wt Tinuvin 622 and 50% by wt Chimassorb 944, Light Stabilizer, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Tarrytown, NY
  • Engage 8200 Copolymer of Ethylene and Octene-1, Polymer, .87 g/ml, Dupont Dow Elastomers L. L. C, Wilmington, DE. Exact 4006, Ethylene-Butene Copolymer, Polymer, .9 g/ml, ExxonMobil
  • LDPE Low-density Polyethylene, Polymer, .92 g/ml, Equistar Chemicals, LP, Houston , TX. Nordell 3722IP Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber, Polymer, Dow Chemical,
  • Round 14 gauge copper conductor wires with 30 mils of insulation were extruded with a 20: 1 LD Davis standard extruder and a crosshead die and cured in steam at 400 0 F. Three samples each 15 feet length with 10 feet being coiled and immersed in a 90 C water bath and energized with 2.2 kV at 60 Hz.
  • the wire is then subjected to the insulation resistance (IR) test in accordance with (ICEA) standard T-22-294.
  • IR insulation resistance
  • the purpose of that test is to measure the retention of insulation resistance stability in a wet environment over a period of time, which would indicate a "good” or “poor” insulation.
  • the IR test is performed on a megohmmeter (IR tester) where positive and negative leads are connected across the insulation. A test voltage is then applied for a period of time, generally 60 seconds. After which, the resistance value is recorded. Because insulation resistance is temperature sensitive, repeated measurements are taken at the same temperature, 9O 0 C for the wires tested below. Three samples were made in accordance to Table 1.

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L'invention porte sur de nouveaux systèmes additifs pour une isolation de câble plein sans plomb. Ces systèmes fournissent des propriétés électriques et mécaniques améliorées. Le polymère de base peut être à base de métallocène, à base de non métallocène ou d'une combinaison de ceux-ci. Les additifs peuvent contenir un ou plusieurs stabilisants vis-à-vis de la lumière de type amines encombrées, des composés mercapto, des stabilisants à base de zinc et facultativement des antioxydants de type amines.
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