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6. Miscellaneous applications
6.1 Cables
Rubber is used in the manufacture of certain cables.
Peroxide-crosslinked EPM or EPDM are sometimes used as cable insulation.
an EPDM-based formula , for a low-voltage cable, is shown in table 19 .
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- Rubber and latex – Parts list - NF ISO 1629 -
- Unvulcanized rubber – Determinations using a shear disk consistometer – Part 1: Determination of the Mooney consistometric index - NF ISO 289-1 -
- Unvulcanized rubber – Determinations using a shear disk consistometer – Part 2: Determination of prevulcanization characteristics - NF ISO 289-2 -
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