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Article: Dielectric properties of [gamma]-irradiated POE highly filled with aluminum hydroxide.(Polyethylene-octene elastomer)
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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INTRODUCTION
Polyethylene-octene elastomer (POE), a metallocene-based polyolefin, is a commercially important elastomer widely used in applications such as wire and cable insulation, foamed sheets, automotive parts, durable goods, impact-modifiers in engineering plastics owing to its good balance of physico-mechanical properties along with favorable processability [1-11].
However, the application of POE elastomer in these fields still requires further improvement of its some characteristics, for example flame resistance. Polymeric materials are flammable, and this may be considered as a drawback for their application in electric and other appliances, ...