Electrical devices comprising polymeric insulating or semiconducting members
First Claim
1. An electrically conductive device having reduced treeing without the need of a treeing inhibitor, said device comprising:
- (a) an electrically conductive member comprising at least one electrically conductive substrate; and
(b) at least one electrically insulating member substantially surrounding the electrically conductive member, wherein the insulating member comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene polymerized with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of C3 to C20 alpha-olefins and C3 to C20 polyenes, and wherein the polymer has a density in the range Of about 0.86 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3, a melt index in the range of about 0.2 dg/min to about 100 dg/min, a molecular weight distribution in the range of about 1.5 to about 30, and a composition distribution breadth index greater than about 45 percent.
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Abstract
Disclosed are electrically conductive and semiconductive devices utilizing polymers having resistance to water treeing and good dielectric properties. The polymer comprises ethylene polymerized with at least one C3 to C20 alpha-olefin and optionally at least one C3 to C20 polyene. The polymer utilized has a density in the range of about 0.86 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3, a melt index in the range of about 0.2 dg/min to about 100 dg/min, a molecular weight distribution in the range of about 1.5 to about 30, and a composition distribution breadth index greater than about 45 percent. For the polymer utilized, the tree rating is generally less than about 40, the power factor is in the range of about 0.0002 to about 0.0005, and the dielectric constant is in the range of about 1.8 to about 2.4.
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52 Claims
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1. An electrically conductive device having reduced treeing without the need of a treeing inhibitor, said device comprising:
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(a) an electrically conductive member comprising at least one electrically conductive substrate; and (b) at least one electrically insulating member substantially surrounding the electrically conductive member, wherein the insulating member comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene polymerized with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of C3 to C20 alpha-olefins and C3 to C20 polyenes, and wherein the polymer has a density in the range Of about 0.86 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3, a melt index in the range of about 0.2 dg/min to about 100 dg/min, a molecular weight distribution in the range of about 1.5 to about 30, and a composition distribution breadth index greater than about 45 percent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electrically conductive device having reduced treeing without the need of a treeing inhibitor, said device comprising:
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(a) an electrically conductive member comprising at least one electrically conductive substrate; and (b) at least one semiconductive member substantially surrounding the electrically conductive member, wherein the semiconducting member comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene polmerized with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of C3 to C20 alpha-olefins and C3 to C20 polyenes, and wherein the polymer has a density in the range of about 0.86 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3, a melt index in the range of about 0.2 dg/min to about 100 dg/min, a molecular weight distribution in the range of about 1.5 to about 30, and a composition distribution breadth index greater than about 45 percent, and the semiconducting member further comprises a conducting filler to render it semiconducting. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A semiconductive device having reduced treeing without the need of a treeing inhibitor, said device comprising:
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(a) a semiconductive member; and (b) an electrically insulating member substantially surrounding the semiconductive member; wherein at least one of the group consisting of the semiconductive member and the electrically insulating member comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene polymerized with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of C3 to C20 alpha-olefins and C3 to C20 polyenes, and wherein the polymer has a density in the range of about 0.86 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3, a melt index in the range of about 0.2 dg/min to about 100 dg/min, a molecular weight distribution in the range of about 1.5 to about 30, and a composition distribution breadth index greater than about 45 percent, and wherein the semiconducting member comprises a filler to render it semiconducting. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An electrically conductive device having reduced treeing without the need of a treeing inhibitor, said device comprising:
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(a) an electrically conductive member comprising at least one electrically conductive substrate; and (b) at least one protective layer substantially surrounding and supported by the electrically conductive member, wherein at least one layer comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene polymerized with at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of C3 to C20 alpha-olefins and C3 to C20 polyenes, and the polymer has a density in the range of about 0.86 g/cm3 to about 0.96 g/cm3, a melt index in the range of about 0.2 dg/min to about 100 dg/min, a molecular weight distribution in the range of about 1.5 to about 30, and a composition distribution breadth index greater than about 45 percent. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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