COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF TYPICAL ELASTOMERIC AND THERMOPLASTIC COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF TYPICAL POLY VINYL

INSULATING AND SHEATHING MATERIALS (I) CHLORIDE INSULATING AND SHEATHING MATERIALS (I)
NATURAL EPR CSP PCP NBR/PVC SILICONE EVA CROSS POLY- POLY- NYLON ETFE FEP PFA POLYESTER POLYMIDE POLY- PVC PVC PVC PVC PVC PVC PVC PVC PVC PVC PVC
RUBBER LINKED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE RUBBER (KAPTON) URETHENE TYPE ‘A’ TYPE ‘B’ TYPE ‘C’ TYPE ‘D’ TYPE ‘ST1’ TYPE ‘ST2’ TYPE ‘ST3’ TYPE TYPE TYPE 'LOW TYPE
MATERIAL BLENDED P.E. (HYTREL) ‘ST2-FRLS’ ‘ST2-FR’ PERMITIVITY' 'LOW TEMP'
WITH SBR (2) (2)

HEAT RESISTING HIGH GENERAL

GENERAL GENERAL HEAT, OIL SPECIAL HEAT LOW GENERAL GENERAL HEAT HEAT HEAT HEAT GENERAL HEAT GENERAL INSULATION INSULATION
LOW SMOKE, TEMPERATURE PURPOSE
USED AS PURPOSE PURPOSE & FLAME CASES RESISTING LOW HALOGEN, VOLTAGE PURPOSE PURPOSE RESISTING RESISTING RESISTING RESISTING CONTAMINATED PURPOSE RESISTING PURPOSE FOR INSTRU- FOR VERY
HEAT RESISTANT FIRE RESISTANT UPTO ATMOSPHERE
(HIGH FLEXIBLE MENTATION LOW TEMP.
INSULATION VOLTAGE
RESISTING LIMITED 1.1 KV THIN WALL CABLE APPLICATION
OIL RESISTANT APPLICATION >3.3 KV)
GENERAL APPLICABLE GENERAL GENERAL GENERAL SPECIAL HEAT, HARD THIN HIGH GENERAL HEAT FLEXIBLE HIGH HEAT SHEATHING
PURPOSE AS INNER PURPOSE & PURPOSE & PURPOSE & RESISTING RESISTING
CASES LIMITED WALL HYDROLYTICALLY
PURPOSE RESISTING GENERAL RESISTANT, FOR VERY
USED AS AND HEAVY SHEATH HEAVY DUTY, HEAVY DUTY, HEAVY DUTY, OIL PURPOSE LOW SMOKE, HIGHLY FIRE LOW TEMP.
STABLE, LOW HOLOGEN
SHEATH DUTY HEAT, OIL & HEAT, OIL & HEAT, OIL & RESISTANT EXCELLENT RESISTANT APPLICATION
FIRE
FLAME FLAME FLAME MECH. RESISTING
RESISTANT RESISTANT RESISTANT PROPERTIES
O
CONDUCTOR TEMPERATURE ( C) 120
60 90 90 90 90 150 110/120 90 70 70 105 150 200 260 (Intermittent 150) 200 90 70 70 85 70 70 85/90 70 85/90 85/90 85 70
MAX. CONTINUOUS OPERATION
CONDUCTOR TEMPERATURE (OC) (2)
450-550 220 160 160 160 160 160 160 160 160 160 160 120
200 250 250 250 250 350 250 250 160 160 150 300(2) 400 450(2) 300(2)
MAX. SHORT CIRCUIT
MATERIAL LIMITING TEMPERATURE (OC) -45 -50 -25 -20 +15 -15 -25 -30 -15 -20 -15 -15 -15 -40
-55 -40 -30 -30 -20 -50 -45 -30 -60 -15 -40 -160 -160 -180
MIN. FLEXING DUTY
O
MATERIAL LIMITING TEMPERATURE ( C) -55 -50 -30 -45 -30 -55 -50 -40 -60 -20 -40 -150 -150 -170 -51 -75 -30 0 +10 0 -10 -10 0 -10 +10 +10 0 -30
MIN. FOR INSTALLATION

RESISTANT TO : WEATHER

: WATER

: OIL

: CHEMICAL

: SOLVENT

: CORONA

: OZONE

: ABRASION

: FLAME

ELECTRICAL INSULATION RESISTANCE

BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE

A. C. LOSSES

IS-5831 IS-5831
INDIAN STANDARD IS-6380 IS-6380 IS-6380 IS-6380 IS-6380 IS-6380 NONE IS-7098(I) IS-6474 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE IS-5831 IS-5831 IS-5831 IS-5831 IS-5831 IS-5831 IS-5831 NONE NONE
(3) (3)
BRITISH STANDARD BS-6899 BS-6899 BS-6899 BS-6899 BS-6899 BS-6899 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE BS-6746 BS-6746 BS-6746 NONE BS-6746 BS-6746 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE

VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR POOR NOT APPLICABLE VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR

NOTE :(1) GENERAL GUIDANCE ONLY, IN SPECIFIC CASES CONSULT THE MANUFACTURER.
POOR NOT APPLICABLE
(2) THESE ARE USED IN INSTRUMENTATION CABLES, HENCE SHORT CIRCUIT TEMP. ARE NOT RELEVANT. VALUES ARE GIVEN FOR REFERENCE ONLY.

SBR : STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER EVA : ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE

PCP : POLYCHLOROPRENE PFA : COPOLYMER OF TETRAFLUORO ETHYLENE AND NOTE :
NBR/PVC : ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER / POLY VINYL CHLORIDE PERFLUORO ALKYL VINYL ETHER. (1) GENERAL GUIDANCE ONLY, IN SPECIFIC CASES CONSULT THE MANUFACTURER.
EPR : ETHYLENE PROPYLENE RUBBER FEP : FLOURINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE (2) ALSO SUITABLE FOR ST1 - FRLS & ST1-FR.
CSP : CHLOROSULPHONATED POLYETHYLENE ETFE : ETHYLENE TETRA FLUORO ETHYLENE (3) FRLS & FR PROPERTIES AS PER IS-1554 (PT 1&2) 1988.