Patent ID: 8217105

Claim:
A composition comprising a) a polyethylene, b) a sulfur-containing phenolic antioxidant, c) a migrating antistatic agent, and d) an organic peroxide. where the sulfur-containing phenolic antioxidant is of formula I where R 1 is C 1 -C 20 alkyl; or is C 2 -C 20 alkenyl, C 3 -C 20 alkinyl, C 5 -C 9 cycloalkyl, phenyl or tolyl substituted C 1 -C 20 alkyl; R 2 and R 3 independently of each other are C 1 -C 20 alkyl;phenyl, hydroxyl, cyano, formyl, acetyl or —O—CO—R 15 substituted C 1 -C 20 alkyl; C 2 -C 20 alkenyl, C 3 -C 20 alkinyl, C 5 -C 9 cycloalkyl; or hydroxyl, phenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 2-methoxycarbonylphenyl, p-tolyl, 1,3-benzthiazol-2-yl, —(CHR 16 ) n COOR 17 or —(CHR 16 ) n CONR 18 R 19 substituted C 5 -C 9 cycloalkyl; R 4 is hydrogen or methyl, R 15 is C 1 -C 20 alkyl, R 16 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, R 17 is C 1 -C 20 alkyl; oxygen or sulfur interrupted C 3 -C 20 alkyl; C 5 -C 9 cycloalkyl, phenyl, benzyl or tolyl, R 18 and R 19 are independently of each other hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, and n is 1 or 2, and where the antistatic agent is selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated alkylamines, ethoxylated dialkylamines, polyglycerol esters, esters of glycerol with C 8 -C 18 carboxylic acids, pentaerythritol esters, sorbitan esters and mixtures thereof.