Patent ID: 6011105
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: C08K

Abstract:
Flame-retardant silicone rubber composition for coating electrical wire and cable, comprising:(A) 100 weight parts polyorganosiloxane with the average compositional formula R.sub.a SiO.sub.(4-a)/2 in which R represents substituted and unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups and a is a number from 1.8 to 2.3;(B) 10 to 100 weight parts microparticulate silica having a mean primary particle diameter of at least 18 nm and a specific surface area no greater than 95 m.sup.2 /g;(C) platinum or a platinum compound in a quantity that provides from.sup.1 to 1,000 weight parts as platinum metal for each 1,000,000 weight parts component (A);(D) 0.01 to 10 weight parts triazole compound; and(E) 0.05 to 10 weight parts methyl-substituted benzoyl peroxide.