Patent ID: 6424771
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: C08K,G02B

Abstract:
An optical fiber cable, which comprises:a core including at least one optical fiber transmission medium; a sheath system which is disposed about the core; and a filling composition of matter which is disposed about the transmission medium in the core, said composition of matter including a hydrocarbon, a block copolymer, a colloidal filler, and an antioxidant system which is sterochemically hindered from migrating out of the filling material, wherein the antioxidant system is composed of a combination of 1,3,5-trimethyl-2,4,6-tris(3,5-di-tert butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) benzene and 1,3,5-tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H)-trione.