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US 2014/0234622 A1Published application
Plasticizer for Color Retention During Heat Aging
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsManish K. Mundra, Robert F. Eaton, Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a plasticizer, a polymeric composition containing the plasticizer, and conductors coated with the polymeric composition. The plasticizer includes a blend of an epoxidized soybean oil and a trans-esterified epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester. The trans-esterified epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester has an oxirane value greater than or equal to 6.8 %. The plasticizer, the polymeric composition, and the coated conductor retain color during heat aging.
Claims6
A plasticizer comprising:
- a blend of an epoxidized soybean oil and a trans-esterified epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester having an oxirane value greater than or equal to 6.8%;
- the plasticizer having an APHA value from 250 to 650 when heat aged at 190° C. for 100 minutes.
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