Patent ID: 6815062
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: C08L,H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
An electric cable comprising at least one conductor and at least one insulating layer, said insulating layer comprising a substantially lead-free polymer composition comprising as base polymer material an elastomer terpolymer having the following composition:a) 50-90 moles percent of ethylene; b) 10-50 moles percent of an &agr;-olefln; and c) 0.16-5 moles percent of 5-vinyl-2-norbornene; the sum of the moles percent of a), b), and c) being 100, said terpolymer having a branching index of less than or equal to 0.5 and a molecular weight distribution index Mw/Mn of greater than or equal to 6.