GB2119387A - Flame retardant crosslinked polyolefin insulation material - Google Patents
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Abstract
The flame retardant properties of a flame retardant crosslinkable or crosslinked ethylene copolymer composition, which contains filler consisting mainly or wholly of hydrated inorganic filler, and a silane (e.g. alkoxy- or amino-silane) coupling agent, are enhanced by including in the composition a lubricant system of C8-C25 fatty acid and alkylene bisamide in which the alkylene moiety has 2 to 8 carbon atoms and the amide moieties are selected from those of 8 to 25 carbon atoms. The polymeric component preferably comprises ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymer (e.g. ethylene-vinyl ester, ethylene-acrylate or ethylene- methacrylate copolymer). The composition preferably contains halogenated flame retardant and/or antimony trioxide. The compositions are useful as uniinsulation coating for electrical conductors.
Description
SPECIFICATION Flame retardant crosslinked polyolefin insulation material The present invention relates to crosslinkable polymeric compositions which exhibit moisture, heat and flame resistance and which are useful in producing insulated wire and cable as well as molded products.
One of the most important areas where fire resistant polymer compositions find use is in the electrical environment, i.e., where both insulating and fire resistant properties are sought, most especially in the area of conductor insulation. At one time, extrudable compositions available to the wire and cable art were required, for flame resistance, to contain halogenated polymers such as chlorinated polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, chlorobutadiene, chlorinated paraffin, etc., together with antimony trioxide, both components being present in sizable quantities. Alternatively, a coating of chlorosulfonated polyethylene paint was applied to a non-flame retardant insulating compound which constituted an additional manufacturing operation.
For certain types of dry transformers, particularly high voltage transformers, a problem existed in that electrical failures occurred due to surface creepage of the organic insulating compound used. The problem was solved through the addition of hydrated alumina to compositions whose organic binder consisted of butyl rubber, epoxy resins or polyester resins. However, these compositions do not possess a balance of excellent extrudability characteristics, physical and electrical properties, heat resistance and flame retardance. Such compositions are disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 2,997,526; 2,997,527 and 2,997,528 to Kessel et al. The described compositions for such usage have poor tensile strength, elongation and percent elongation retained after aging.
Fire retarding polymeric compositions exhibiting, inter alia, improved moisture and heat resistance consisting essentially of an intimate mixture of at least one cross-linkable polymer containing as a major component an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, one or more silanes and one or more hydrated inorganic fillers have found wide acceptance in the wire and cable art. Compositions such as these are disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,832,326 and 3,922,442 of North et al. These patents disclose compositions which contain 80 to 400, preferably 1 25-140 weight parts of filler per 100 weight parts of polymer and 0.5 to 5.0 parts of silane per 100 parts of filler.No specific concentration range of lubricant is disclosed although 2 parts of calcium stearate per 100 parts of polymer are utilized in all of the fourteen compositions of the examples.
The prior art polymeric compositions of North et al., exhibit a balance, of improved physical and electrical properties together with a high degree of flame and fire retardance. These highly desirable results are achieved without the use of halogenated polymers such as polyvinyl chloride and chlorosulfonated polyethylene, thereby eliminating hydrogen chloride fumes; without carbon black, thereby permitting its use as colored insulations; without any flame retardant coatings such as are currently required, thereby eliminating an additional step in manufacturing operations when the compositions are used as, e.g., insulating compounds extruded onto a conductor.
Such compositions find particular use as white (an inherent property) and colored uniinsulation compositions, which can be extruded over metal, e.g., copper or aluminum, conductors, to provide a single layer insulating and jacketing composition which is rated according to U.L. standards for 900 C.
operation, and in some cases operation at temperatures as high as 1250, at up to 600 volts.
The insulating compositions of North et al. have found particular utility in the insulation of switchboard wire, appliance wire, and automotive wire where a unique combination of superior electrical properties combined with resistance to the degradative effects of heat and flame are essential, and where low smoke density and non-corrosive fumes are desirable.
North et al. contemplate ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers in their compositions crosslinked by irradiation with high energy sources or through the use of chemical crosslinking agents. As has been observed with other radiation cured polymeric compositions, radiation cured compositions prepared in accordance with the disclosures of North et al. have poorer physical strength properties than their peroxide cured counterparts. The reasons for this are not fully understood although the precise nature and amount of the major and minor components in the composition are thought to be a contributing factor. Several modifications were made to the peroxide curable product to produce the radiation curable counterpart. The copolymer in the radiation curable product has a higher vinyl acetate content and aluminum stearate has been substituted for the calcium stearate lubricant.Although this has improved the physical strength of the radiation cured composition over what it would have been, it is still significantly lower than the peroxide cured product.
U.S. Patent No. 4,349,605 issued September 14, 1 982, describes a radiation cross-linked polymer composition having improved physical strength properties substantially similar to a chemically cross-linked counterpart. The improved physical strength properties are achieved by the use of increased amounts of silane and the substitution of the lubricant Mold Wiz for the aluminum stearate lubricant.
Besides the three essential components, other additives can be incorporated into the compositions of North et al. to provide certain desirable qualities. Included in these additives are pigments, antioxidants and stabilizers.
Antioxidants are included to inhibit polymer degradation resulting from oxidation which proceeds by a free radial chain mechanism. The antioxidants act either to tie up the peroxy radicals so that free radicals are incapable of propagating the reaction chain, or to decompose the hydroperoxides in such a manner that carbonyl groups and additional free radicals are not formed. The former, called chainbreaking antioxidants, free radical scavengers, or inhibitors, usually are hindered phenols, amines, and the like. The latter, called peroxide decomposers, generally are sulfur compounds (i.e., mercaptans, sulfides, disulfides, sulfoxides, sulfones, thiodipropionic acid esters and the like), or metal complexes of dithiocarbamates and dithiophosphates.
The art also shows stabilizers for synthetic resins such as in U.S. Patent No. 4,279,805 which describes an alkylene bis-thioalkanoic acid amide as a stabilizer, and corrosion inhibitors as, for example, described in U.S. Patent No. 4,124,549 to Hashiudo et al.
Another disclosure, U.S. Patent No. 4,255,303 to Keogh, shows a composition for electrical applications having electrical resistance, tensile strength, and elongation capability which includes ethylene-vinyl acetate, halogenated flarne-retardant, antimony trioxide, peroxide and zinc stearate. U.S.
Patent No. 4,035,325 to Poppe et al describes a combination in which the effectiveness of flame retardant combinations of antimony trioxide and a halogen-containing compounds such as hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), chlorinated paraffins, tetrabromophthalic anhydride (TBPA), and tetrabromoterephthalic acid (TBTA), is purportedly increased by the addition of certain organometallic compounds which have the chemical structure of either substituted hydrazines or substituted 3-amino1,2,4-triazole amides.
By the present invention there is provided a polymeric composition with a lubricant system which also significantly increases the flame-retardancy of the composition.
In accordance with the present invention, it has been found that a significant flame-retardant quality can be achieved in ethylene copolymer (particularly ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers) compositions containing silane-treated hydrated inorganic filler by the use of a lubricant composition comprising fatty acid having 8 to 25 carbon atoms and alkylene-bis-amide wherein the alkylene group has from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and the amide constituents from 8 to 25 carbon atoms, such lubricant composition, preferably being used in combination with antimony trioxide and/or halogenated flame retardant additive in addition to the normally flame retardant hydrated filler. Specifically, the present composition includes the use of the above-described lubricant composition in lieu of the normal calcium stearate lubricant normally used in the above-described combinations.In one aspect, this invention is directed to a crosslinkable polymeric composition comprising:
a) a copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl ester of a C2-C8 aliphatic carboxylic acid, a C1-C8alkyI acrylate or C,C6 alkyl methacrylate,
b) from 80 to 400 parts of hydrated inorganic filler per 100 parts of copolymer,
c) .4 to 8, and preferably 0.8 to 4, parts of substituted silane per 100 parts of hydrated inorganic filler, and
d) an antifiame component comprising halogenated flame retardant (optionally with antimony trioxide) and, quite surprisingly, a lubricant system comprising a fatty acid having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms and an alkylene-bis-amide wherein the alkylene group contains from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and the amide groups contain from 8 to-25 carbon atoms.
The present invention can also be described as being concerned with an improvement in a crosslinkable polymeric composition of the type containing
a) a copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl ester of a C2-C6 aliphatic carboxylic acid, a C,C6 alkyl acryalte or a C1 alkyl methacrylate, and b) a silane-treated hydrated inorganic filler, the concentration of said filler being 80 to 400 parts of filler per 100 parts of copolymer,
c) halogenated flame retardant and optionally antimony trioxide which comprises utilizing as a flame retardant a lubricant system comprising a fatty acid of from 8 to 25 carbon atoms and an alkylene-bis-amide in which the alkylene group contains from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and the amide groups contain from 8 to 25 carbon atoms.
This invention also relates to an electrical conductor coated with a uniinsulating layer comprising these crosslinkable polymer compositions or their crosslinked products.
The invention especially concerns crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising copolymers of ethylene and a vinyl ester of an aliphatic carboxylic acid, an alkyl acrylate or an alkyl methacrylate and a silane-treated hydrated inorganic filler which when used with a lubricant system as described above in combination with antimony trioxide and halogenated and non-halogenated flame retardants possesses good flame-retardant characteristics. These compositions find particular utility as wire and cable insulation.
Some compositions of this invention contain, in addition to the particular lubricant combination, one or more halogenated flame retardants (and optionally antimony trioxide), one or more crosslinkable or curable ethylene copolymers, one or more silanes and one or more hydrated inorganic fillers. The copolymers, silanes and inorganic fillers include those disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,832,326 and 3,922,442 of North et al., to which attention is directed for further detail.
The terms crosslinkable or crosslinking are ascribed their normal art recognized meaning in the present specification, i.e., they denote the formation of primary valence bonds between polymer molecules.
Crosslinking can be accomplished by any of the known procedures such as chemical means including peroxide crosslinking; by radiation using cobalt-60, accelerators, B-rays, y-rays, electrons, Xrays, etc.; or by thermal crosslinking. The basic procedures for crosslinking polymers are extremely well known to the art and need not be described here in detail.
The main polymeric component of the present composition is a copolymer of ethylene and a comonomer which may be a vinyl ester, an acrylate or a methacrylate. The vinyl ester may be a vinyl ester of a C26 aliphatic carboxylic acid, such as vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl pentanoate or vinyl hexanoate. The acrylates and methacrylates may be any of the C1-C6 alkyl esters including, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl acrylate or methacrylate. The preferred copolymer comprising the polymeric component of this invention is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer containing about 6 to about 90%, preferably about 9 to about 40%, most preferably about 9 to about 28%, vinyl acetate, balance ethylene.
Although little is gained, and some properties are even harmed, it is possible to include minor proportions of other crossiinkable polymers or copolymers in the composition of this invention.
However, ethylene copolymers, preferably, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, as described above, should comprise at least about 66% of the total polymers present. Representative of such minor polymeric components which can be used in such non-preferred embodiments include polyethylene, copolymers of ethylene with propylene, butene, the acrylates and maleates, polydimethyl siloxane and polymethylphenylsiloxane, copolymers of vinyl acetate with the acrylates, etc. Obviously, mixtures of these minor polymeric components can be used.
Terpolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate derived from, e.g., any of the corresponding monomeric materials listed above (other than ethylene or vinyl acetate) can be used. A representative terpolymer would be an ethylene-vinyl acetate-vinyl maleate terpolymer.
The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers used in our invention preferably have a melt index of from about 1.0 to about 20.0.
The polyethylenes useful in the present invention include essentially all high, medium and low density polyethylenes as well as mixtures thereof. The most preferred polyethylenes for blending for use as uniinsulation for electrical wires and cables generally have a density of from about 0.900 to about 0.950 gm./cc. and a melt index of from about 1.0 to about 10.0.
Preferred compositions of the present invention provide a highly flame retardant composition surprisingly by use of a dual lubricant combination while retaining other desirable characteristics including an unexpected balance of:
1. low temperature brittleness, i.e., the composition will not readily crack during low temperature movement (ASTM D 746).
2. heat resistance after aging, i.e., excellent elongation after extended service at 900C. and even 1250C.
3. arcing and tracking resistance, as high as 5 KV, whereas even porcelain shows surface breakdown at 4 KV. This property is not often required, however, in the preferred environment of under
600 volt service.
4. moisture resistance, i.e., low mechanical absorption of water which yields a superior dielectrical constant 5. resistance to industrial chemicals.
6. resistance to oil and gasoline or diesel fuels.
It is not known why some compositions of this invention provide such a good balance of properties. It is possible that there is some synergistic relationship between the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, silane and hydrated inorganic filler, but there is no intention to be bound by such a theory.
However, it has been established that for low voltage environments, less than 5000 volts, even more particularly for less than 600 volt environments, the compositions of this invention are particularly useful for service as uniinsulation. Uniinsulation is an art accepted term denoting insulation where one layer is extruded around the conductor, and this one layer serves as the electrical insulation and the jacketing to provide physical and flame protection. The present compositions are especially adapted for service as uniinsulation in the under 5000 volt range, and most especially in the under 600 volt range, where only a single extruded coating is used, and it is in this environment that a superior balance of properties is required.It has been further found that ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers will hold very large amounts of filler and still provide high flexibility and a high degree of crosslinking. The simultaneous achievement of high filler loading, flexibility and crosslinking is quite surprising as high flexibility and high crosslinking were generally believed incompatible, as are high crosslinking and high filler loading (which implies low crosslinkable polymer content). Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers further provide superior fire retardancy to the polymeric compositions of the present invention.
The above described ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers rhay be crosslinked by irradiation with high-energy electron beams or through the use of chemical crosslinking additives. Fully crosslinked, these polymers become thermoset in behavior. In the preferred compositions of this invention, chemical crosslinking is preferred, particularly where superior physical strength is required.
Chemical crosslinking is accomplished by incorporating a crosslinking agent, e.g., dicumyl peroxide or alpha, alpha' bis(t-butylperoxy) diisopropylbenzene, into the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The peroxide is later activated during processing to link the ethylene-vinyl acetate polymer chains into a three-dimensional network (and other minor amounts of crosslinkable polymer, if present).
The chemical crosslinking is carried out in accordance with procedures well known to the art, and variations in the general cross-linking conditions set out below will be apparent to one skilled in the art.
The present invention is moreover, not limited to the use of tertiary organic peroxides for chemical crosslinking, and other art recognized materials which decompose to provide free radicals can be used.
Obviously such crosslinking agents should not be decomposed during compounding of the composition, but the selection of acceptable cross-linking agents will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
Generally speaking, as the amount of crosslinking agent used increases, the degree of polymer crosslinking increases. Usually no more than 10% (based on polymer) of the organic tertiary peroxides need be used, with 3 to 6% being more typical values. Other crosslinking agents may require different amounts, but these can be readily determined. It is often advisable to avoid very low amounts of crosslinking agents, since some loss of resistance to deformation under sudden or continuous pressure may ensue. Crosslinking coagents such as triallylcyanurate and the like may also be included to increase the effectiveness of the crosslinking agent.
The tertiary organic peroxides, as with most other chemical crosslinking agents, are activated by heating to above their activation temperature whereupon decomposition thereof occurs. Any of the known procedures can be used to accomplish activation, e.g., high pressure steam application to the composition.
The art of radiation crosslinking is so highly developed that little need be said with respect to such procedures. As higher total doses of radiation are used, the degree of crosslinking generally increases, and for preferred crosslinkings a total radiation dose of about 5-25 megarads will be used.
Crosslinking is generally conducted at above atmospheric pressures, e.g., on the order of 200 to 400 psi, although higher or lower pressures may be used. Pressure is necessary when curing with steam to obtain the required temperature for activation of the peroxide catalyst. With high temperature gas curing, pressure is desired to avoid porosity in the insulation. Porosity is highly undesirable in electrical insulation since it lowers electrical insulation properties and can cause premature failure from corona.
In general, the higher the degree of crosslinking the more resistant the polymeric composition is to heat moisture, chemical reagents, changes with aging and environmental conditions, etc., and usually abrasion. At lower degrees of crosslinking there is also some loss of heat resistance as well as pronounced effect on percent elongation after aging. The exact degree of crosslinking can, of course, be varied to take the above factors and their effect on the final product into account. Although higher or lower values can be used, for wire and cable insulation a crosslinking percentage on the order of about 8595% for ethylenevinyl acetate is genereally preferred, determined by extraction weight of soluble components in the cross-linked polymer.
One or more substituted silanes comprise the second essential component of the polymeric compositions of the present invention.
Any silane may be used in the present invention while will not adversely affect the desired balance of properties and which will help to bind the polymer and inorganic filler of the present invention, provided that the silane does not make the composition combustible and does not interfere with polymer crossslinking or degrade during polymer processing, e.g., alkoxy and amine silanes.
The preferred silanes used in forming the insulating compositions are the alkoxysilanes, e.g., lower alkyl-, alkenyl-, alkynyl- and arylalkoxysilanes as well as the lower alkyl-, alkenyl-, alkynyl-, and arylalkoxyalkoxy- or aryloxyalkylsilanes. Specific examples of such silanes are methyltriethoxy-, methyltris (2-methoxyethoxy)-, dimethyldiethoxy-, alkyl-trimethoxy-, vinyltris(2-methoxyethoxy)-, phenyl-tris(2-methoxyethoxy), vinyltrimethoxy- and vinyltriethoxysilane.
It is preferred to use the vinylsilanes for best results, and of the vinylsilanes the following are especially preferred:
gamma-Meth acryloxypropyltrimethoxysila ne
and Vinyl-Tris(2-Methoxyethoxy)Silane
H2C=CHSi(OCH2CH2OCH3)3 The fillers used in the present invention are the hydrated inorganic fillers, e.g., hydrated aluminum oxides (Al203-3H2O orAl(OH)3), hydrated magnesia, hydrated calcium silicate. Of these compounds, the most preferred is hydrated aluminum oxide.
To obtain the balance of properties described, it is mandatory that a hydrated inorganic filler be used in formulating the polymeric compositions. It must be emphasized that large proportions of another type of filler, be it inert or not, cannot be added to the compositions and still achieve the superior balance of properties.
The water of hydration in the inorganic filler must be released during the application of heat sufficient to cause combustion or ignition of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The water of hydration chemically bound to the inorganic filler is released endothermically. It has been found that the hydrated inorganic filler increases flame retardance in a manner superior to other fillers previously used by the art to provide insulation with flame retardance, e.g., carbon black, clays, titanium dioxide, etc.
What is even more surprising is that flame retardance is combined with electrical insulation properties at the high filler loadings used, since at these loadings the copolymeric composition contains a large amount of bound water.
The filler size should be in accordance with those sizes used by the prior art.
An antioxidant composition which can also be included as a component of the polymeric compositions of the present invention includes a diester of thiodipropionic acid, the preferred diester being distearyl-3,3' thiodipropionate (DSTDP). It has been found that the use of two different types of antioxidants provides effective oxidation inhibition. Thus, a mixture of an antioxidant of the chain breaking type and one which is a peroxide decomposer provides a very effective antioxidant composition. Therefore, with DSTDP, which is a known peroxide decomposer, an amine or a hindered phenol may be effectively employed as an antioxidant composition. Among these free radical scavengers, the stearically hindered phenols are especially effective. Useful phenols include the alkylated phenols, the alkylidene-bis-alkylated phenols and the polyphenols.Specific examples thereof include 2, 6 ditertiary butyl-para-cresol, octadecyl 3, 5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamate, 2, 2'- methylene bis(6-t-butyl-4-methyl phenol), 4, 4'-butylidene bis (6-t-butyl-3 methyl phenol), 1, 3, 5- trimethyl-2, 4, 6-tris (3, 5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) benzene and tetrakis (methylene (3, 5-di-t-butyl4-hydroxy-hydrocinnamate) methane with the latter being particularly preferred.
When polymeric insulation is formed on conductors by extrusion, it is preferred that a lubricant form a portion of the insulating composition. Such lubricants as a fatty acid soap or a metallic derivative thereof have been used heretofore. The lubricant not only aids in the extrusion process but it also improves the stripping properties of wire insulation thereby facilitating the task of the end-user.
The lubricant component comprises an essential component of the polymeric compositions of this invention. It has been found that the preferred combination of antimony trioxide and halogenated flame retardant in addition to the hydrated filler in the required concentration, plus the particular two component lubricant composition provided in a lubricating effective amount, provides the crosslinked compositions of the present invention with unexpectedly good flame-retardant properties.
Calcium stearate has often been employed heretofore as a lubricant for polymeric compositions such as those of North et al. Now, however, it has been found that a lubricant composition comprising a fatty acid such as lauric acid and an alkylene-bis-amide such as ethylene-bis-stearamide, especially when used in combination with antimony trioxide and halogenated and non-halogenated flame retardants, can produce a crosslinked composition with significantly enhanced flame retardant properties.
The dual lubricant composition of the present invention comprises a fatty acid of from 8 to 25 carbon and an alkylene-bis-amide having the general formula:
wherein
R = a divalent alkylene radical of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms; and
wherein R2 is an aliphatic radical having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms, e.g. in a proportion of from about 1:1 to about 1:6 of fatty acid to akylene-bis-amide, and preferably in a proportion of about 1:3 acid to alkylene-bis-amide. Preferably the dual lubricant composition comprises 25 percent lauric acid and 75 percent ethylene-bis-stearamide. The total amount of dual lubricant composition is e.g. from about .01 to about 10 percent by weight oF the total polymeric composition, and preferably from about 0.5 to about 3 percent.
It has been found that the dual component lubricant composition is especially effective in a peroxide curable polymeric composition when used in combination with antimony trioxide, and halogenated flame retardants such as ethylene-bis-tetra-bromophthalimide, deca-bromodiphenyl oxide, etc. The antimony trioxide may be included in an amount of from about 2 to about 20 percent by weight and preferably from about 4 to about 8 percent by weight, and the halogenated flame retardant in an amount of from about 5 to about 30 percent by weight, and preferably from about 8 to about 14 percent by weight of the total polymeric composition.
The amounts of polymer and filler in the composition of this invention can be varied within the wide proportions. The silane percentage may be in the range of from about 0.5 to 5.0 parts per 100 parts of polymer. Lower amounts may be insufficient to provide adequate surface treatment while larger quantities could have an adverse effect on some of the physical properties, i.e., elongation, of an extruded insulating compound after crosslinking.
Best results are obtained in coating, e.g., extruding, pnto electrical wires and cables when from 80 to 400 or more weight parts of filler (most preferable at least 125-1 50 weight parts), 0.5 to 5.0 weight parts of silane and 100 weight parts of polymer are present.
The composition of the present invention may be formed in a number of ways. However, in every instance it is necessary that the filler and polymer be in intimate contact with the silane when dispersion of the filler in the polymer is initiated. This can be done in an internal mixer, such as a Banbury or
Werner s Pfleiderer extruder.
Any processing device known to the art which ensures an intimate mixture of the essential components may be used, provided the silane couples the hydrated inorganic filler to the polymeric component.
It will be apparent that in addition to the essential components of the compositions of this invention, other additives may be present, e.g., pigments, stabilizers, so long as they do not interfere with crosslinking, when desired, or harm desired properties. Such materials are present in very minor proportions, ranging from less than 1 0% of the polymer, and usually in amounts of less than 5%. There are two reasons amounts of other components are not desirable; firstly, the present composition per se has such superior properties; secondly, any significant amounts of other fillers for example, serve only to degrade or upset the balance or properties.
For the formation of insulation on conductors by extrusion, a lubricant such as a fatty acid soap or metallic derivative thereof has in the past been utilized with success. Such material has also improved the stripping properties of wire insulation and thereby permits the insulation to be easily stripped from the wire by the user to facilitate splicing and to make terminations. It has been the practice to use acceptable soaps such as the alkaline earth metal fatty acid soaps, a preferred soap being calcium stearate. Additional representative examples of such lubricants include the alkaline earth metal salts and aluminum salts of stearic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid and other fatty acids used by the art for this purpose, silicone oil, long chain aliphatic amides, waxes, etc.Now, however, it has been discovered that the dual lubricant system of the present invention serves not only as an effective lubricant but also enhances flame retardant properties, especially when used with a halogenated flame retardant, antimony trioxide, and a non-halogenated flame retardant in a peroxide curable polymeric composition.
The following Examples are provided to further illustrate certain aspects of the invention.
A number of crosslinkable polymeric compositions shown in Table 1 below are prepared in which the lubricant used was calcium stearate. (The numbers in the tables indicate parts by weight.)
Each of these compositions were extruded onto 14 AWG wire and subjected to Underwriters
Laboratories Flame Retardant VW-1 (Vertical-Wire) test (UL FR-i).
The results of the UL FR-i tests conducted on the samples which included calcium stearate are shown in Table II.
In the Examples "UE 630" is a 17% vinyl acetate/83% ethylene copolymer, "UE 631" is a 19% vinyl acetate/81 % ethylene copolymer, "UE 630/631" means that either or both of these copolymers are used, "Ey 904" is a 51% vinyl acetate/49% ethylene copolymer, "Silane A-i 72" is vinyl-tris(2methoxyethoxy)silane, "Saytex BT93" is ethylene-bis-tetra-bromophthalimide, "Vulcup 40 KE" is 40% active a, d-bis(tertiary butylperoxy)diisopropyl benzene on Burgess clay pigment, "Thermogard CPA" is a modified antimony trioxide, and "Aegerite MA" is polymerised 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinoline.
TABLE i
Example 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
UE630 100 100 100 100 80 95 80 95 100 100
Ey904 0 0 0 0 20 5 20 5 0 0
Hydrated Alumina 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 125 125 SilaneA-i72 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Aegerite MA Antioxidant 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Saytex BT93 Brominated
Flame-Retardant 30 30 0 0 30 30 30 30 30 20
FR300BA Deca Bromodi
phenyl Oxide Flame
Retardant O 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thermogard CPA 15 6 15 6 15 15 6 6 15 10
Calcium Stearate 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lauric Acid O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethylene-bis-Stearamide O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vulcup 40KE (Peroxide) 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25
Sb203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TABLE I (continued)
Example 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
UE630 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Ey904 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hydrated Alumina 125 100 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 SilaneA-172 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Aegerite MA Antioxidant 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Saytex BT93 Brominated
Flame-Retardant 20 20 30 0 30 15 15 30 30
FR300BA Deca Bromo
diphenyl Oxide Flame
Retardant O 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 ThermogardCPA 6 15 15 15 6 5 15 15 15
Calcium Stearate 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lauric Acid O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethylene-bis-Stearamide O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vulcup 40KE (Peroxide) 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25
Sb203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TABLE II 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Ave Burn Burn Burn Burn Burn
Thickness Glowing Flag Cotton Pass/
Example in u Seconds Sample Remains in Flame Particles Burn Burn Fail 1 98 0 5 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail 0 0 28 0 0 Yes No Yes 0 23 0 0 0 No No No 2 103 0 30 0 0 0 No No No Fail 0 0 2 0 0 Yes No Yes 2 2 7 0 0 Yes No Yes 3 97 15 0 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail 15 3 0 0 0 Yes No Yes 0 0 0 0 0 Yes No Yes 4 98 7 0 20 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail 20 0 0 0 0 Yes No Yes 33 5 0 0 0 No No No 5 103 0 9 3 0 0 No No No Pass 0 16 0 0 0 No No No 0 4 3 0 0 No No No 6 102 0 6 0 0 0 No No No Fail 0 0 3 0 0 Yes No Yes 0 21 0 0 0 No No No 7 103 0 0 4 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail 0 10 0 0 0 No No No 0 0 4 0 0 Yes No Yes TABLE II (continued)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Ave Burn Burn Burn Burn Burn
Thickness Glowing Flag Cotton Pass/
Example in u Seconds Sample Remains in Flame Particles Burn Burn Fail
8 108 2 0 6 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
O 0 20 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 7 8 0 0 Yes No Yes
9 95 0 2 0 0 0 No No No Fail
0 15 6 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 6 3 0 0 No No No
10 98 7 5 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
10 4 5 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 3 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
11 99 0 4 2 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
65 0 0 0 0 No No No
62 0 0 0 0 No No No
12 99 0 0 4 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
0 0 0 0 O Yes No Yes
O 0 95 0 0 Yes Yes Yes
13 98 5 5 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
10 0 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 0 104 0 0 Yes Yes Yes
14 96 22 15 5 0 0 No No No Fail
0 88 0 0 0 Yes Yes Yes
O 0 0 0 O Yes No Yes
TABLE II (continued)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Ave Burn Burn Burn Burn Burn
Thickness Glowing Flag Cotton Pass/
Example in u Seconds Sample Remains in Flame Particles Burn Burn Fail
15 95 62 0 0 0 0 No No No Fail
0 23 0 0 0 No No No
34 4 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
16 100 10 10 7 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
10 10 3 0 0 Yes No Yes
15 16 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
17 97 110 0 0 0 0 No Yes No Fail
0 10 9 0 0 Yes No Yes
10 6 5 0 0 Yes No Yes
18 100 0 35 0 0 0 No No No Fail
0 35 0 0 0 No No No
0 45 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
19 101 0 35 0 0 0 No No No Pass
0 8 0 0 0 No No No
0 13 0 0 0 No No No
The "Yes" in the last three columns indicates that the insulation material did produce the result described, e.g., yes indicates that glowing particles were produced, that the cotton base was burned, and that the insulation did burn up the wire to the "flag".
As can be seen from the results of the tests, only two samples, Nos. 5 and 19, containing calcium stearate passed the UL FR-1 flame retardancy test. This performance is not considered satisfactory.
Although the two materials passed the test, their similarity in formulation to other materials indicates reproducible passage of the FR-1 Test would be very poor and not acceptable for commercial utilization.
Further samples were prepared utilizing a dual component lubricant in combination with the halogenated flame-retardant and antimony trioxide as shown in Table Ill.
TABLE III
Example 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
UE630/631 100 95 100 100 100 100 100 80 80 100 100
Ey904 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 0
Hydrated Alumina 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Silane A-172 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Aegerite MA Antioxidant 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Saytex BT93 30 30 30 0 30 30 0 30 0 30 25
FR300BA 0 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 30 0 0
Thermogard CPA 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 15 15 10 12.5
Ca Stearate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauric Acid 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
Ethylene-bis-Stearamide 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.075
Vulcup 90KE 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25
Sb2O3 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 The UL FR-1 test was conducted on the samples which contained the dual lubricant system, the results of which are shown in Table IV.
TABLE IV
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Ave Burn Burn Burn Burn Burn
Thickness Glowing Flag Cotton Pass/
Example in u Seconds Sample Remains in Flame Particles Burn Burn Fail
20 103 0 9 3 0 0 No No No Pass
0 16 0 0 O No No No
0 4 3 0 0 No No No
21 99 0 0 6 0 O No No No Fail
0 3 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 0 30 0 0 No No No
22 95 0 6 0 0 0 No No No Pass
0 23 0 0 0 No No No
O 15 0 0 O No No No
23 94 0 3 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
0 33 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 38 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
24 97 0 3 0 0 0 No No No Pass
0 2 16 0 0 No No No
0 3 0 0 0 No No No
25 105 0 25 0 0 0 No No No Pass
0 19 0 0 0 No No No
0 6 0 0 0 No No No
26 97 0 18 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
0 31 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 6 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
TABLE IV (continued)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Ave Burn Burn Burn Burn Burn
Thickness @ Glowing Flag Cotton Pass/
Example in u Seconds Sample. Remains in Flame Particles Burn Burn Fail
27 90 0 0 0 0 0 No No No Pass
0 22 0 0 0 No No No
0 16 0 0 0 No No No
28 97 0 5 0 0 O No No No Pass
0 26 0 0 0 No No No
0 15 0 0 0 No No No
29 100 0 12 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
0 34 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 38 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
30 98 0 12 0 0 0 Yes No Yes Fail
0 50 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
0 40 0 0 0 Yes No Yes
It can be seen from these results that even under the stringent FR-1 test, the samples having compositions which include the dual lubricant system pass over 50% of the time whereas the samples without the dual lubricant system passed only 18% of the time.
Moreover, samples 22-30 which include the dual lubricant composition, when compared to sample 18 and 19 of which contain calcium stearate as a lubricant, can be seen to retain other desirable characteristics such as physical strength and elongation capabilities as shown in Table V.
The present invention thus provides a flame retardant crosslinkable or crosslinked ethylene copolymer composition containing filler which consists at least mainly (and preferably wholly or substantially wholly) of hydrated inorganic filler, silane (usually substituted silane, e.g. alkoxy- or aminosilane) coupling copolymer and hydrated filler, and a lubricant system of C8C2s fatty acid and alkylene bis-amide in which the alkylene moiety has 2 to 8 carbon atoms and the amide moieties are selected from those of 8 to 25 carbon atoms. The polymeric component is preferably mainly ethyleneunsaturated ester copolymer (e.g. selected from ethylene-vinyl ester, ethylene-acrylate and ethylenemethacrylate copolymers). The composition preferably contains halogenated flame retardant and/or antimony trioxide. The proportions of the essential and optional constituents may be described above. TABLE V
Example 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Tensile Strength, psi 1880 1850 2110 2470 2180 2120 2250 1920 2070 2130 2230
Elongation, % 210 240 200 230 200 200 230 260 260 200 210
After 7 Days @ 158 C.
Tensile Strength, psi 2060 1980 2150 2500 2280 2120 2230 2040 2150 2040 2260
Elongation, % 150 160 160 170 150 140 160 190 190 120 150
Claims (15)
1. A flame retardant crosslinkable or crosslinked ethylene copolymer composition containing filler which consists at least mainly of hydrated inorganic filler, silane coupling copolymer and hydrated filler, and a lubricant system of C8C25 fatty acid and alkylene bis-amide in which the alkylene moiety has 2 to 8 carbon atoms and the amide moieties are selected from those of 8 to 25 carbon atoms.
2. A composition according to claim 1 containing halogenated flame retardant.
3. A composition according to claim 1 or 2 containing antimony trioxide.
4. A crosslinkable or crosslinked polymeric composition having flame retardancy and comprising: a) copolymer or ethylene and vinyl ester of C2-C6 aliphatic carboxylic acid, C1 alkyl acrylate or C16 alkyl methacrylate,
b) from 80 to 400 parts of hydrated inorganic filler per 100 parts of copolymer,
c) .4 to 8 parts of alkoxysilane per 100 parts of hydrated inorganic filler, and
d) a flame retardant component containing a dual lubricant system comprising fatty acid having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms and alkylene bis-amide having the general formula:
wherein
R = an alkylene radical of from 2 to 8 carbon atoms; and
wherein R2 is an aliphatic radical having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms, halogenated flame retardant and, optionally, antimony trioxide.
5. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 4 wherein the lubricant system is present in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 10 percent by weight of the total polymeric composition.
6. A composition according to claim 5 wherein the dual lubricant system is present in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 3.0 percent by weight of the total polymeric composition.
7. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 6 wherein the ratio of fatty acid to alkylene bisamide is from about 1:1 to about 1:6.
8. A composition according to claim 7 wherein the ratio is about 1:3.
9. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 8 wherein the fatty acid comprises lauric acid.
10. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 9 wherein the alkylene bis-amide comprises ethylene bis-stearamide.
11. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 10 wherein halogenated flame retardant is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 30 percent by weight of the total polymeric composition.
12. A composition of any of claims 1 to 11 containing halogenated flame retardant selected from ethylene-bis-tetrabromophthalimide and deca-bromodiphenyl oxide.
13. A composition according to any of claims 1 to 1 2 containing antimony trioxide in an amount of from about 2 to about 20 percent by weight of the total polymeric composition.
14. A flame retardant polymer composition substantially as hereinbefore described in any one of
Examples 20 to 30.
15. An electrical conductor coated with a uniinsulating layer comprising a composition according to any of claims 1 to 14.
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