New class of additives to inhibit tree growth in solid extruded cable insulation
- 1 March 1976
- report
- Published by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Abstract
There is now substantial evidence that in many dielectric failures of solid polyolefinic and other polymeric materials the final disruption may be preceded by the long-time progressive development of a three-dimensional pattern of irregular, sometimes (though not always) carbonized hollow channels diverging from a central stem, and that the ultimate failure follows one of these channels. These minute channels are referred to as ''trees'' and the phenomenon as ''treeing.'' Research conducted from May to Sept. 1975 on techniques for evaluating tree growth and on the development of additives to inhibit tree growth in solid extruded polymeric insulation for electric cables is reported. (LCL)Keywords
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