Patent ID: 6270856
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: C08L,H01B

Abstract:
A process for producing a wire or cable comprising a conductor and an insulating layer, said insulating layer comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene polymerized in the presence of a metallocene catalyst system with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of C.sub.3 to C.sub.20 alpha-olefins and C.sub.3 to C.sub.20 polyenes, the polymer having a density in the range of about 0.87 g/cm.sup.3 to about 0.96 g/cm.sup.3, a melt index in the range of about 0.2 dg/min. to about 100 dg/min., a molecular weight distribution in the range of about 1.7 to about 10, and a composition distribution breadth index (CDBI) greater than about 45 percent, said process comprising:crosslinking said polymer.