JP2006249136A - Ethylene-based resin composition and its application - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a resin composition to be used for coating electric wires, excellent in the balance between weatherability and mechanical strength. <P>SOLUTION: The ethylene-based resin composition comprises 31-80 pts.wt. of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (A), 69-20 pts.wt. of an ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B) whose ethylene content is 50-85 mol% and whose Mooney viscosity ML1+4 (100°C) is 10-300, and 0-15 pts.wt. of an organic peroxide (C) based on a total 100 pts.wt. of (A) and (B). Also provided is the electric wire or cable formed by coating the resin composition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to an ethylene-based resin composition. Particularly preferably, the present invention relates to an ethylene-based resin composition that is excellent as a wire coating and its use.

Conventionally, a resin composition suitable for an electric cable or the like including an amorphous or low crystalline random elastic copolymer rubber composed of ethylene, an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene is provided. Known (Patent Documents 1 and 2). However, the balance between weather resistance and mechanical strength is still not sufficient.
JP-A-8-127680 JP-T-2001-510629

  As a result of diligent studies on a resin composition excellent in the balance between weather resistance and mechanical strength for coating electric wires, the present inventors have found that a resin composition comprising ethylene, an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene. When using a resin composition comprising a fixed proportion of two types of resins, a regular or low crystalline random elastic copolymer rubber and ethylene and an α-olefin copolymer having 3 to 20 carbon atoms It was possible to solve this problem, and the present invention was achieved.

The present invention is characterized by the following.
(1) Ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) 31-80 parts by weight, ethylene content 50-85 mol%, Mooney viscosity ML1 + 4 (100 ° C.) is 10-300, ethylene copolymer rubber ( B) 69-20 parts by weight, (A) An ethylene-based resin composition comprising 0-15 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (C) per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (B).
(2)
The ethylene according to claim 1, further comprising 0 to 250 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide (D) with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B) according to (1). -Based resin composition.
(3)
The filler (E) other than the metal hydroxide is further contained in an amount of 0 to 300 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B) described in (1) above. 2. The ethylene-based resin composition according to 2.
(Four)
An electric wire / cable formed by coating the ethylene resin composition as described in (1) to (3) above.

    Use of the resin composition of the present invention is excellent in the balance between weather resistance and mechanical strength, and is suitable as a wire coating material.

Ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A)
The ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) used in the present invention is a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms. Specific examples of the α-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms include propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 3-methyl-1-butene, 3-methyl-1-pentene and 3-ethyl. -1-pentene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 4-methyl-1-hexene, 4,4-dimethyl-1-pentene, 4-ethyl-1-hexene, 1-octene, 3-ethyl-1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene and the like can be mentioned, and the copolymer is composed of ethylene alone or in combination of two or more thereof. Of these, at least one of propylene, 1-butene, 1-hexene, and 1-octene is preferably used.

  Among these, an ethylene / 1-butene copolymer is more preferable because it has a particularly excellent balance between flexibility and tensile properties at the same density.

  The content of each structural unit in the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer is usually 75 to 95 mol%, preferably 80 to 95 mol%, and the content of structural units derived from ethylene is α of 3 to 10 carbon atoms. -The content of structural units derived from at least one compound selected from olefins is usually 5 to 25 mol%, preferably 5 to 20 mol%.

Further, the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) used in the present invention preferably has the following properties individually and individually. That is,
(I) Density is 855 to 900 kg / m ³ , preferably 0.857 to 0.890 kg / m ³ ;
(Ii) Melt flow rate (MFR ₂ ) at 190 ° C. and a load of 2.16 kg is 0.1 to 100 g / 10 minutes, preferably 0.1 to 20 g / 10 minutes, more preferably 0.1 to 10 g / In the range of 10 minutes,
(Iii) Index of molecular weight distribution evaluated by GPC method: Mw / Mn is in the range of 1.5 to 3.5, preferably 1.5 to 3.0, more preferably 1.8 to 2.5. ,
(Iv) B value calculated | required from a ¹³ C-NMR spectrum and a following formula is 0.9-1.5, Preferably it is 0.9-1.2;
B value = [POE] / (2 · [PE] [PO])
(Wherein [PE] is the mole fraction of structural units derived from ethylene in the copolymer, and [PO] is the mole fraction of structural units derived from α-olefin in the copolymer. [POE] is the ratio of the number of ethylene / α-olefin chains to the total number of dyad chains in the copolymer).

  This B value is an index representing the distribution of ethylene and the α-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer. C. Randall (Macromolecules, 15, 353 (1982)), J. Am. It can be determined based on the report of Ray (Macromolecules, 10, 773 (1977)).

  The larger the B value, the shorter the block chain of the ethylene or α-olefin copolymer, the more uniform the distribution of ethylene and α-olefin, and the narrower the composition distribution of the copolymer rubber. In addition, as the B value becomes smaller than 1.0, the composition distribution of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer becomes wider, and there are cases where there are bad points such as poor handling.

More preferably (v) the intensity ratio of Tαβ to Tαα (Tαβ / Tαα) in the ¹³ C-NMR spectrum is 0.5 or less, preferably 0.4 or less, more preferably 0.3 or less. Here, Tαα and Tαβ in the ¹³ C-NMR spectrum are the peak intensities of CH _{2 in} the structural unit derived from an α-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms, and the positions relative to the tertiary carbon are different as shown below. Two types of CH ₂ are meant.

Such a Tαβ / Tαα intensity ratio can be obtained as follows. The ¹³ C-NMR spectrum of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer is measured using, for example, a JEOL-GX270 NMR measuring apparatus manufactured by JEOL Ltd. The measurement is performed using a mixed solution of hexachlorobutadiene / d6-benzene = 2/1 (volume ratio) adjusted to a sample concentration of 5% by weight, based on 67.8 MHz, 25 ° C., d6-benzene (128 ppm). To do. The measured ¹³ C-NMR spectrum was analyzed by Lindeman Adams's proposal (Analysis Chemistry, 43, p1245 (1971)), J. Am. C. Analysis is carried out according to Randall (Review Macromolecular Chemistry Physics, C29, 201 (1989)) to determine the Tαβ / Tαα intensity ratio.

  As the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer of the present invention, those having the following properties in addition to the above properties are also preferably used.

(Vi) Ratio of melt flow rate (MFR ₁₀ ) at 190 ° C. and 10 kg load to melt flow rate (MFR ₂ ) at 190 ° C. and 2,16 kg load: MFR ₁₀ / MFR ₂ satisfies the following relationship.

Mw / Mn + 4.7 ≦ MFR ₁₀ / MFR ₂
Here, when MFR ₁₀ , MFR ₂ , and Mw / Mn do not satisfy the above relationship, the formability and / or the material strength may decrease.

[Production Method of Ethylene / α-Olefin Copolymer (A)]
Such an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) is composed of ethylene and at least one or more kinds of 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the presence of a Ziegler catalyst or a metallocene catalyst composed of a V compound and an organoaluminum compound. Although it can be produced by copolymerizing with an α-olefin, a metallocene catalyst is preferably used.

  Such a metallocene-based catalyst may be formed from the metallocene compound (a) and the compound (c) that reacts with the organoaluminum oxy compound (b) and / or the metallocene compound (a) to form an ion pair. Further, it may be formed from the organoaluminum compound (d) together with (a), (b) and / or (c). The ethylene / α-olefin copolymerization can be carried out in a liquid phase using a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of the catalyst, and any of batch, semi-continuous and continuous methods. When a metallocene catalyst composed of a metallocene compound (a) and an organoaluminum oxy compound (b) or an ionized ionic compound (c) is used, the concentration of the metallocene compound (a) in the polymerization system is usually from about 0.00. 00005 to 0.1 mmol / liter (polymerization volume), preferably 0.0001 to 0.05 mmol / liter. The organoaluminum oxy compound (b) is supplied in an amount of 1 to 10,000, preferably 10 to 5,000, in terms of the molar ratio of aluminum atom to transition metal in the metallocene compound in the polymerization system (Al / transition metal). In the case of the ionized ionic compound (c), the molar ratio of the ionized ionic compound (c) to the metallocene compound (a) in the polymerization system (ionized ionic compound (c) / metallocene compound (a)) is 0.00. It is supplied in an amount of 5 to 20, preferably 1 to 10. When an organoaluminum compound is used, it is usually used in an amount of about 0 to 5 mmol / liter (polymerization volume), preferably about 0 to 2 mmol / liter.

The copolymerization reaction is usually performed at a reaction temperature of −20 to + 150 ° C., preferably 0 to 120 ° C., more preferably 0 to 100 ° C., and a pressure exceeding 0 to 7.8 MPa (80 kgf / cm ² , gauge pressure). Hereinafter, it is preferably carried out under the condition of more than 0 and 4.9 MPa (50 kgf / cm ² , gauge pressure) or less.

  Ethylene and α-olefin are supplied to the polymerization system in such an amount that the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) having the specific composition is obtained. In the copolymerization, a molecular weight regulator such as hydrogen can be used.

Ethylene copolymer rubber (B)
The ethylene copolymer rubber (B) used in the present invention is an amorphous or low crystalline random elastic copolymer containing ethylene, an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated polyene as constituent components. Polymer rubber. The degree of crystallinity of such a rubber determined by a known wide-angle X-ray diffraction method is usually less than 10%.

The ethylene / α-olefin molar ratio of such an ethylene copolymer rubber (B) is usually 55/45 to 85/15, and among these, those in the range of 60/40 to 83/17 are preferred.
The ethylene content of such an ethylene copolymer rubber (B) is 50 to 85 mol%, preferably 55 to 80 mol%, more preferably 60 to 80 mol%.

Specific examples of the non-conjugated polyene include dicyclopentadiene, 1,4-hexadiene, cyclooctadiene, methylene norbornene, ethylidene norbornene, and vinyl norbornene. Of these, ethylene / propylene / non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber and ethylene / 1-butene / non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber are preferred, and ethylene / propylene / non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber, particularly ethylene / propylene. -Ethylidene norbornene copolymer rubber and ethylene / propylene / vinyl norbornene copolymer rubber are particularly preferable in that a thermoplastic elastomer having an appropriate cross-linked structure can be obtained.
The ethylene copolymer rubber (B) used in the present invention is particularly preferably an ethylene / propylene / ethylidene norbornene copolymer rubber.

  The Mooney viscosity [ML1 + 4 (100 ° C.)] of the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) used in the present invention is in the range of 10-300, preferably 10-200.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the iodine number of this ethylene-type copolymer rubber (B) is 3-30, and it is especially preferable that it exists in the range of 5-25. When the iodine value of the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) is in such a range, the composition is cross-linked in a well-balanced manner and a composition excellent in moldability and rubber elasticity is obtained.

  As the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) used in the present invention, a so-called oil-extended product containing a softening agent can be used. Further, without using an oil-extended product, a softening agent may be added later, or a softening agent may be blended using both oil-extended and post-addition. By using a softener, a composition having more flexibility and moldability can be obtained. As the softening agent that can be used for the oil-extended product, a softening agent that is usually used for rubber can be used.

  Specifically, petroleum-based substances such as process oil, lubricating oil, paraffin, liquid paraffin, petroleum asphalt and petroleum jelly; coal tars such as coal tar and coal tar pitch; castor oil, linseed oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, Fatty oils such as coconut oil; waxes such as tall oil, beeswax, carnauba wax, lanolin; fatty acids such as ricinoleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, barium stearate, calcium stearate, or metal salts thereof; petroleum resin, coumarone indene Synthetic polymer materials such as resin and atactic polypropylene; Ester plasticizers such as dioctyl phthalate, dioctyl adipate and dioctyl sebacate; Other microcrystalline wax, sub (factis), liquid polybutadiene, modified liquid polybutadiene, liquid thioco Le and the like.

  Among these softeners, paraffinic process oils are particularly preferable, and high viscosity type paraffinic process oils having a low content of low molecular weight components that are volatile are particularly preferable. Here, the high viscosity type refers to one having a kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C. in the range of 100 to 1000 centistokes.

  In the present invention, the softening agent is used in a proportion of 150 parts by weight or less, preferably 2 to 100 parts by weight, more preferably 5 to 60 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ethylene copolymer rubber (B). .

  The ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B) that may be oil-extended as necessary is the sum of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) and the ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B). It is used in a proportion of 40 to 85 parts by weight, preferably 60 to 80 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight. When the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) is used in the above proportion, a composition excellent in heat resistance, flexibility and rubber elasticity and excellent in molding can be obtained.

  In the present invention, a rubber other than the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) can be used as necessary in addition to the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) within a range not impairing the object of the present invention. Examples of rubbers other than the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) include styrene / butadiene rubber and hydrogenated products thereof, styrene / isoprene rubber and hydrogenated products thereof, polybutadiene rubber, polyisoprene rubber, nitrile rubber, and butyl rubber. , Polybutylene rubber, natural rubber, silicon rubber and the like. When a rubber other than the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) is used, it is usually 100 parts by weight or less, preferably 50 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ethylene copolymer rubber (B).

  In the present invention, the non-conjugated polyene as described above, for example, a non-conjugated diene may be used alone, or may be used as a mixture of two or more. Furthermore, in addition to the non-conjugated polyene as described above, other copolymerizable monomers may be used as long as the object of the present invention is not impaired.

  The content of the non-conjugated diene constituting the α-olefin copolymer rubber used in the present invention is 0.01-30 mol%, preferably 0.1-20 mol%, particularly preferably 0.1-10. It is in the range of mol%.

  The ethylene copolymer rubber (B) used in the present invention is, for example, an ethylene / α-olefin / non-conjugated polyene copolymer having 3 or more carbon atoms, wherein ethylene and an α-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms are used. The ratio of ethylene / α-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms (molar ratio) is 40 / 60-95 / 5.

  The intrinsic viscosity [η] of the ethylene copolymer rubber (B) used in the present invention measured in a 135 ° C. decalin solvent is 1.0 to 10.0 dl / g, preferably 1.5 to 7 dl / g. Is in range. Further, the α-olefin copolymer rubber used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the melting point (Tm) determined from the DSC endothermic curve does not exist or is less than 120 ° C.

  The ethylene copolymer rubber (B) as described above can be produced by the following method. The ethylene copolymer rubber (B) used in the present invention is obtained by copolymerizing an α-olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated diene in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst.

Organic peroxide (C)
Specific examples of the organic peroxide used in the present invention include dicumyl peroxide, di-tert-butyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di- (tert-butylperoxy) hexane, 2, 5-dimethyl-2,5-di- (tert-butylperoxy) hexyne-3, 1,3-bis (tert-butylperoxyisopropyl) benzene, 1,1-bis (tert-butylperoxy) -3,3, 5-trimethylcyclohexane, n-butyl-4,4-bis (tert-butylperoxy) valerate, benzoyl peroxide, p-chlorobenzoyl peroxide, 2,4-dichlorobenzoyl peroxide, tert-butylperoxybenzoate, tert-butylperbenzoate Tert-butylperoxyisopropyl carbonate, diacetyl peroxide, lauroyl peroxide, tert-butylcumyl peroxide, and the like.

  Among these, in terms of reactivity, odor, and scorch stability, dicumyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di- (tert-butylperoxy) hexane, 2,5-dimethyl-2 Bifunctional organic peroxides such as 1,5-di- (tert-butylperoxy) hexyne-3, 1,3-bis (tert-butylperoxyisopropyl) benzene are particularly preferred. Of these, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di- (tert-butylperoxy) hexane and dicumyl peroxide are most preferred.

Metal hydroxide (D)
Examples of the metal hydroxide used in the present invention include aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, barium hydroxide, manganese hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, hydrotalcite alone or a mixture thereof. A mixture containing magnesium hydroxide alone and magnesium hydroxide, or a mixture containing aluminum hydroxide alone and aluminum hydroxide is particularly preferred.

Fillers other than metal hydroxides (E)
Examples of the inorganic filler (E) other than the metal hydroxide used in the present invention include calcium carbonate, silica gel, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, magnesium oxide, barium sulfate, and talc. Preferred is calcium carbonate, silica gel, talc, and more preferred is silica gel.

  The particle size of the inorganic filler (E) is 0.1 to 20 μm, usually 0.3 to 10 μm.

Ethylene Resin Composition The ethylene resin composition of the present invention comprises an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) 31-80 parts by weight, an ethylene copolymer rubber (B) 69-20 parts by weight, (A) ( The organic peroxide (C) is contained in an amount of 0 to 15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of B). Preferably, ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) 40-80 parts by weight, ethylene copolymer rubber (B) 60-20 parts by weight, more preferably ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) 50 -80 parts by weight, including ethylene copolymer rubber (B) 50-20 parts by weight (here, (A) (B) total amount 100 parts by weight). Preferably, the organic peroxide (C) is 0.001 to 10 parts by weight, more preferably 0.003 to 0.5 parts by weight, still more preferably 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B). 0.005 to 0.3 parts by weight are included.

  The ethylene-based resin composition of the present invention has a metal hydroxide (D) of 0 to 250 weights per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) and the ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B). Parts, preferably 0 to 200 parts by weight, more preferably 0 to 180 parts by weight.

  The ethylene-based resin composition of the present invention comprises a filler (E) other than a metal hydroxide with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) and the ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B). It contains 0 to 300 parts by weight, preferably 0 to 200 parts by weight, more preferably 0 to 150 parts by weight.

  The ethylene resin composition of the present invention comprises 100 parts by weight of the above-mentioned organic peroxide (%) of the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) and the ethylene copolymer rubber (B). C), a metal hydroxide (D), and a filler (E) other than the metal hydroxide may be independently included, or two or more fillers may be included at the same time.

In addition to the above, the ethylene-based resin composition according to the present invention includes, as necessary, an antioxidant, an ultraviolet absorber, a weathering stabilizer, a heat stabilizer, an antistatic agent, a flame retardant, a pigment, a dye, and a lubricant. Etc. can be mix | blended. A triazine ring-containing compound generally known as a flame retardant, powdered silicone (also referred to as silicone powder) may be included. Further, it is more preferable that the polymer composition according to the present invention contains a boric acid compound, preferably zinc borate, as a flame retardant aid.
The ethylene-based resin composition according to the present invention is prepared by melt-mixing the above-described components and additives that are blended as necessary by various conventionally known methods.
The ethylene-based resin composition according to the present invention is suitably used as a resin composition for covering electric wires.

  For example, the ethylene-based resin composition according to the present invention is prepared by mixing the above-mentioned components simultaneously or sequentially into, for example, a Henschel mixer, a V-type blender, a tumbler mixer, a ribbon blender, etc. It can be obtained by melt-kneading with a machine, a multi-screw extruder, a kneader, a Banbury mixer or the like.

  Among these, when a device excellent in kneading performance such as a multi-screw extruder, a kneader, and a Banbury mixer is used, a high-quality polymer composition in which each component is more uniformly dispersed can be obtained.

  Moreover, the said additive, for example, antioxidant etc., can also be added as needed in these arbitrary steps.

Use of ethylene-based resin composition The molded body according to the present invention uses the ethylene-based resin composition according to the present invention, and a conventionally known melt molding method such as extrusion molding, rotational molding, calendar molding, injection molding, compression molding, It can be formed into various shapes by methods such as transfer molding, powder molding, blow molding, and vacuum molding.

  The ethylene-based resin composition according to the present invention can be suitably used for wire coating applications such as a wire sheath or a wire insulator. Further, the molded body according to the present invention is a coating layer such as an electric wire sheath or an electric wire insulator, and the electric wire sheath or electric wire insulation layer such as an electric wire insulator is formed by a conventionally known method such as extrusion molding. Formed around.

[Example]
EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

[Measuring method]
SWOM: Sunshine weatherometer 63 ° C. No rain EL (%): In accordance with JIS K6301, a tensile test was performed at a span interval of 20 mm and a tensile speed of 200 mm / min, and EL (elongation at break) was measured.
EL residual ratio (%): Measurement was performed in the same manner as EL described above using a sample after exposure for a certain period of time with SWOM, and the residual ratio was calculated from EL and this measured value. 65% or more is desirable.
ΔE (hunter color difference): Conforms to JIS Z 8730-1980. Smaller ΔE is more desirable.

    The ethylene / α-olefin copolymer, ethylene copolymer rubber, and peroxide used in Examples and the like are as follows.

Ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A):
It is an ethylene / 1-butene copolymer (a) prepared in Production Example 1 below.

[Production Example 1]
(Preparation of ethylene / 1-butene copolymer (a))
[Preparation of catalyst solution]
0.63 mg of bis (1,3-dimethylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride is placed in a glass flask thoroughly purged with nitrogen, and 1.57 ml of a toluene solution of methylaminoxan (Al; 0.13 mmol / liter). And 2.43 ml of toluene were added to obtain a catalyst solution.

[Preparation of ethylene / 1-butene copolymer (a)]
912 ml of hexane, 320 ml of 1-butene and 0 ml of hydrogen were inserted into a 2 liter stainless steel autoclave sufficiently purged with nitrogen, and the temperature inside the system was raised to 80 ° C. Subsequently, 0.9 mmol of triisobutylaluminum and 2.0 ml of the catalyst solution prepared as described above (0.0005 mmol as Zr) were injected with ethylene to initiate polymerization. By continuously supplying ethylene, the total pressure was kept at 8.0 kg / cm 2 -G, and polymerization was carried out at 80 ° C. for 30 minutes.

  A small amount of ethanol was introduced into the system to stop the polymerization, and then unreacted ethylene was purged. The obtained polymer was poured into a large excess of methanol to precipitate the polymer. The polymer was collected by filtration and dried overnight under reduced pressure to obtain an ethylene / 1-butene copolymer (a). Table 1 shows the properties of the obtained ethylene / 1-butene copolymer (a).

  Ethylene copolymer rubber (B): Mitsui EPT 3045 (Mitsui Chemicals Co., Ltd .: ethylene / propylene / ethylidene norbornene copolymer rubber) (hereinafter referred to as ethylene copolymer (b)) Table 2 Shown in

Peroxide: Dicumyl peroxide (manufactured by Kayaku Akzo Co., Ltd.) (hereinafter referred to as DCP)
[Example 1]
Two rolls of ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (a) shown in Table 1 and ethylene copolymer rubber (b) shown in Table 2 at a ratio of (a) / (b) = 35 parts / 65 parts Then, 2 parts of DCP was blended with respect to 100 parts in total of (a) and (b) and melt mixed. Then, it heat-formed for 30 minutes with the press molding machine set to 160 degreeC, the 2 mm-thick press sheet was obtained, and it measured about each item.

[Example 2]
The ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (a) shown in Table 1 and the ethylene-based copolymer rubber (b) shown in Table 2 were (a) / (b) = 50 parts / 50 parts. Similar evaluations were made.

[Comparative Example 1-2]
In Comparative Example 1, the ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (a) shown in Table 1 and the ethylene copolymer rubber (b) shown in Table 2 were (a) / (b) = 0 part / 100 parts, In Comparative Example 2, (a) / (b) = 15 parts / 85 parts, and the same evaluation as in Example 1 was performed.
The results are summarized in Table 3.

Table 3

Since the resin composition of the present invention has a good balance between weather resistance and mechanical strength, it can be suitably used for wire coating applications such as a wire sheath and a wire insulator.

Claims (4)

Ethylene copolymer rubber (B) 69 having an ethylene / α-olefin copolymer (A) of 31 to 80 parts by weight, an ethylene content of 50 to 85 mol%, and a Mooney viscosity ML1 + 4 (100 ° C.) of 10 to 300 An ethylene-based resin composition comprising 0 to 15 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (C) with respect to -20 parts by weight and 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B). The ethylene system according to claim 1, further comprising 0 to 250 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide (D) with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B) according to claim 1. Resin composition. The filler (E) other than the metal hydroxide is further contained in an amount of 0 to 300 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of (A) and (B) according to claim 1. The ethylene-based resin composition described in 1. An electric wire / cable formed by coating the ethylene-based resin composition according to claim 1.