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AXELERON™ GP C-0588 BK CPD

Generic Family: Polyethylene, Low Density • Supplied by: The Dow Chemical Company
AXELERON™ GP C-0588 BK CPD is a prime quality telephone cable black jacketing compound ("CPD"). It offers excellent environmental stress-cracking resistance, outdoor weatherability, toughness, low temperature performance, and extrudability.

AXELERON™ GP C-0588 BK CPD can be used by wire and cable manufacturers for the entire range of telephone cable sizes and configurations. It can be used for both air-core, and jelly-filled constructions, and in both aerial and buried applications. AXELERON™ GP C-0588 BK CPD can also be used as a high-grade power cable jacket.

Specifications
AXELERON™ GP C-0588 BK CPD meets the following raw material specifications:
  • ASTM D 1248 IC-5, Grades E5, J1, J3
  • Federal LP-390C, III-L, Grades 2, 3 and 4, Category 5
  • REA PE-22, 38, 39, 86, 89, 90

Cable jacketed with AXELERON™ GP C-0588 BK CPD, using sound commercial extrusion practices, should meet the following specifications:
  • ICEA: S-61-402; NEMA WC5
  • ANSI: C8. 35
  • ASTM: D 2308
  • British Post Office Specification M-132G
  • Telcordia GR 421 Core
  • ANSI/ICEA S-84-608-1988
General Properties

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Material Status
Commercial: Active
Availability
Africa & Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America
Uses
Cable Jacketing
Processing Method
Extrusion
Other Properties
Agency Ratings, Forms, Density / Specific Gravity, Melt Mass-Flow Rate (MFR), Environmental Stress-Cracking Resistance (ESCR), Carbon Black Content, Tensile Strength, Tensile Strength at Yield, Tensile Elongation at Break, Dielectric Constant, Dissipation Factor, Additional Properties, Melt Temperature, Extrusion Notes
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Processing

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