Abstract: A composition comprising: (i) polyethylene, and, based on 100 parts by weight of component (i), (ii) about 0.3 to about 0.6 part by weight of 4,4?-thiobis(2-methyl-6-t-butylphenol); 4,4?-thiobis(2-t-butyl-5-methylphenol); 2,2?-thiobis(6-t-butyl-4-methylphenol); or a mixture of said compounds, and (iii) about 0.4 to about 1 part by weight of a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight in the range of about 1000 to about 100,000.

Abstract: A composition comprising:

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) a plurality of electrical conductors, each surrounded by one or more layers of a composition comprising (a) one or more polyolefins and, blended therewith, (b) a mixture containing one or more alkylhydroxyphenylalkanoyl hydrazines and one or more functionalized hindered amines; and (ii) hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices between said surrounded conductors.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising, as a first component, a plurality of electrical conductors, each surrounded by one or more layers comprising a mixture of (i) one or more polyolefins; (ii) a first antioxidant selected from the group consisting of poly(2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline); the reaction product of diphenylamine and acetone; the reaction product of diphenylamine, acetone, and formaldehyde; and mixtures thereof; and (iii) a second antioxidant selected from the group consisting of 2,2'-oxalyldiamidobis ethyl-3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propiona te!; 1,2-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamoyl)-hydrazine; and mixtures thereof; and, as a second component, hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices between said surrounded conductors.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising, as a first component, a plurality of electrical conductors, each surrounded by one or more layers of a mixture comprising one or more polyolefins and the reaction product of a compound containing a sterically hindered amine or phenol and a quinone compound, and, as a second component, hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices between said surrounded conductors.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) a plurality of electrical conductors having interstices therebetween, each conductor being surrounded by one or more layers of a composition comprising (a) one or more polyolefins and, blended therewith, (b) a mixture containing one or more alkylhydroxyphenylalkanoyl hydrazines and a defined functionalized hindered amine; and (ii) hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) a plurality of electrical conductors, each surrounded by one or more layers of a composition comprising (a) one or more polyolefins and, blended therewith, (b) a mixture containing one or more alkylhydroxyphenylalkanoyl hydrazines and one or more functionalized hindered amines; and (ii) hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices between said surrounded conductors.

Abstract: A process for crosslinking a thermoplastic ethylene silane copolymer which comprises forming the ethylene silane copolymer in a thermoforming operation into a shaped article and thereafter subjecting the thermoplastic ethylene silane copolymer shaped article to a solution of benzoic acid in an mount and for a time sufficient to crosslink the thermoplastic ethylene silane copolymer.

Abstract: A flame retardant composition comprising:(i) a linear polyethylene having a density equal to or less than 0.915 gram per cubic centimeter;(ii) a linear polyethylene having a density in the range of 0.916 to 0.925 gram per cubic centimeter, grafted with an unsaturated aliphatic diacid anhydride, said polyethylene being present in an amount of about 40 to about 400 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of component (i); and(iii) magnesium hydroxide, surface treated with an organic phosphate ester or a salt thereof in an amount of about 0.1 to about 4 parts by weight of ester per 100 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide, said magnesium hydroxide being present in an amount of about 90 to about 400 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of component (i).

Abstract: A composition comprising:(a) polyethylene having a density equal to or less than 0.915 gram per cubic centimeter grafted with an unsaturated aliphatic diacid anhydride; and(b) magnesium hydroxide, the surface of which is untreated.

Abstract: A composition comprising:(a) polyethylene having a density equal to or less than 0.925 gram per cubic centimeter, grafted with an unsaturated aliphatic diacid anhydride; and(b) magnesium hydroxide, surface treated with a saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid or a metal salt thereof in an amount of about 0.1 to about 1 part by weight of acid or salt per 100 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide.

Abstract: A composition useful in the manufacture of cable comprising:(i) a copolymer comprised of ethylene and vinyl acetate;(ii) a surface treated magnesium hydroxide having (a) a strain in the <101> direction of not more than 3.0.times.10.sup.-3 ; (b) a crystallite size in the <101> direction of more than 800 angstroms; and (c) a surface area, determined by the BET method, of less than 20 square meters per gram; and(iii) a silicone fluid.

Abstract: A composition useful in the manufacture of cable comprising:(i) a crosslinkable thermoplastic resin;(ii) a metal hydrate flame retardant compound;(iii) an organic peroxide crosslinking compound, which decomposes at a temperature of at least about 140.degree. C., but below the decomposition temperature of the polymer; and(iv) an unsaturated silicone fluid.

Abstract: A process for crosslinking comprising the following steps:(a) admixing, in a processing zone, a copolymer containing at least one hydrolyzable silane moiety; a dihydrocarbyltin oxide; and(i) a carboxylic acid;(ii) a compound bearing at least one carboxylate moiety, which is capable of forming a carboxylic acid when subjected to heat and/or moisture; or(iii) mixtures thereof, with the proviso that:(A) in the event that component (ii) is present, the conditions in the processing zone are such that the carboxylate moiety forms a carboxylic acid;(B) the residence time of the mixture in the processing zone is sufficient to at least partially complete the processing of the copolymer, but of sufficient brevity to substantially avoid a reaction of the carboxylic acid with the dihydrocarbyltin oxide; and(b) passing the mixture from step (a) into a crosslinking zone under such reaction conditions that the carboxylic acid reacts with the dihydrocarbyltin oxide to form dihydrocarbyltin carboxylate, said crosslinking zone

Abstract: A composition comprising:(i) a homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene and one or more other alpha-olefins wherein the portion of the copolymer based on ethylene is at least about 60 percent by weight based on the weight of the copolymer, said polymers having a density of at least 0.940 gram per cubic centimeter;(ii) a homopolymer or copolymer of propylene and one or more other alpha-olefins wherein the portion of the copolymer based on propylene is at least about 60 percent by weight based on the weight of the copolymer; and(iii) an anhydride of an unsaturated aliphatic diacid.

Abstract: A composition useful in the manufacture of cable comprising:(i) a crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer;(ii) a metal hydrate flame retardant compound; and(iii) an organic peroxide crosslinking compound, which decomposes at a temperature of at least about 140.degree. C., but below the decomposition temperature of the polymer.

Abstract: A composition useful in the manufacture of cable comprising:(i) a thermpolastic polymer;(ii) a metal hydrate flame retardant compound; and(iii) a blowing agent, which decomposes at a temperature in the range of about 160.degree. C. to the decomposition temperature of the thermpolastic polymer.

Abstract: A composition useful in the manufacture of plenum cable comprising:(i) a copolymer comprised of ethylene and vinyl acetate wherein the portion of the copolymer attributed to the vinyl acetate is in the range of about 25 to about 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the copolymer; and(ii) magnesium hydroxide having (a) a strain in the <101> direction of not more than 3.0.times.10.sup.-3 ; (b) a crystallite size in the <101> direction of more than 800 angstroms; and (c) a surface area, determined by the BET method, of less than 20 square meters per gram, the amount of magnesium hydroxide being in the range of about 180 to about 350 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the copolymer.

Abstract: Compositions of relatively water-stable thermoplastic polymers having hydrolyzable, pendant silane moieties and tetramethyl titanate dispersed in a normally solid alkylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer matrix. These compositions are useful as extrudates about wires and cables, water-curing in a relatively short period of time to crosslinked products.