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Inuslation & Jacket Material Characteristics Comparison Chart

 

Conductor Identification of Portable Power Cables :

  • 1=Poor, 2=Fair, 3=Good, 4=Very Good, 5=Excellent
  • Chemical Chemical Neoprene
    (PCP)    		 Chlorinated
    Sulfonated
    Polyethylene
    (CSP/CSPE )    		 Chlorinated
    Polyethylene
    (CPE)    		 Polyurethane
    (PU)    		 Ethylene
    Propylene
    (EPR)    		 Polyvinyl
    Chloride (PVC)
    Acetic acid 1 2 2 2 1 1
    Benzene 2 2 2 1 1 2
    Bitumous tar 3 3 3 3-4 1 3
    Bleach (NaCLO2) 4 4 4 2 5 4
    Coke oven gas 4 4 4 4 4 4
    Diesel oil 2 4 4 4 2 4
    Ethylene glycol 4 4 4 2 5 3
    Gasoline 3 3 3 5 2 2
    Hydraulic oil 4 4 4 5 1 4
    Hydrochloric acid (21%) 5 5 5 2 1 4
    Hydrogen sulphide 5 4 5 1 5 4
    Kerosene 3 3 3 4 2 2
    Methanol 5 5 5 2 5 3
    Methyl ethyl keton 3 3 3 3 5 1
    Nitric acid (10%) 3 5 5 2 5 4
    Phosphoric acid (60%) 4 5 5 3 5 5
    Picric acid (10%) 5 5 5 2 4 5
    Potassium chloride 5 5 5 5 5 5
    Sodium hydroxide (25%) 5 5 5 1 5 3
    Sulphuric acid (50%) 5 5 5 1 5 4
    Transformer oil 3-4 3 4 5 2 4
    Trichlorethylene 1 1 1 1-2 1 1
    Vegetable oils & fats 4 4 4 5 4 4
    UV resistance 5 5 5 5 5 3
    Ozone resistance 4 4-5 4-5 5 5 5
    Water resistance 5 5 4 2 5 3
    Tear & notch resistance 4-5 3 4 5 2-3 4
    Low temp. flexibility 4-5 4 3 5 5 3
    Abrasion resistance 4-5 4 3-4 5 3 4