Abstract:
PROVIDED IS A HALOGEN-FREE INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE FOR AUTOMOBILES, SUCH AS OIL RESISTANCE AND FLAME RETARDANCY, AND THAT CAN COMBINE GOOD ABRASION RESISTANCE WITH HIGH FLEXIBILITY (ELONGATION) OF A COATING FILM. THE HALOGEN-FREE FLAME-RETARDANT INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE INCLUDES A CONDUCTOR AND AN INSULATING LAYER THAT COVERS THE CONDUCTOR. IN THE HALOGEN-FREE FLAME-RETARDANT INSULATED ELECTRICAL WIRE, THE INSULATING LAYER IS COMPOSED OF A CROSS-LINKED PRODUCT OF A RESIN COMPOSITION THAT CONTAINS 6 TO 25 PARTS BY MASS OF A PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTER AND 1 TO 10 PARTS BY MASS OF A MULTIFUNCTIONAL MONOMER RELATIVE TO 100 PARTS BY MASS OF A RESIN COMPONENT CONTAINING 40 TO 65 PARTS BY MASS OF A HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE HAVING A MELT FLOW RATE OF 0.60 OR LESS, 25 TO 30 PARTS BY MASS OF A POLYPHENYLENE ETHER-BASED RESIN, AND 10 TO 30 PARTS BY MASS OF STYRENE-BASED ELASTOMER, THE RESIN COMPONENT BEING A POLYMER ALLOY IN WHICH THE POLYPHENYLENE ETHER-BASED RESIN AND THE STYRENE-BASED ELASTOMER ARE FINELY DISPERSED IN THE HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE.
Abstract:
The invention offers a heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition having low adhe- siveness even in an uncrosslinked state, an insulated wire having an insulating covering composed of the heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition, and a rubber tube composed of the foregoing heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition. The heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition is formed by mixing 10 to 100 mass parts of an inorganic filler with 100 mass parts of a mixture produced by mixing (A) a vi-nylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-based copolymer rubber and/or a vinylidene fluo-ride-hexafluoropropylene-tetrafluoroethylene-based copolymer rubber and (B) polyvinyl-idene fluoride at a mass ratio of 90:10 to 60:40. The insulated wire has an insulating cov-ering composed of the rubber composition and irradiated with ionizing radiation. The rub-ber tube is composed of the foregoing heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition and irradiated with ionizing radiation.