Plastic laminated metallic foil and method for preparing the same

A plastic laminated metallic foil useful as an electrostatic shiledling layer and moisture-proofing layer for cables consisting essentially of:

• (a) a metallic foil composed of a member selected from the group consisting of aluminum, copper, iron, steel, silver, gold and tin;
• (b) a first layer of an ionomer having a molecular weight of from 10,000 to 50,000 consisting essentially of a base copolymer selected only from the group consisting of (1) ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers containing from 50 to 98 weight % ethylene and from 50 to 2% acid, and (2) ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester ternary copolymers containing from 50 to 98 weight % ethylene and from 50 to 2 weight % of the acid and ester wherein no more than 20 weight %, based upon the weight of ethylene, of the ester is present in said ternary copolymer;
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• (c) a second layer of a polymer having a molecular weight of from 10,000 to 50,000 consisting essentially of a member selected only from the group consisting of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers containing no more than 30 weight % vinyl acetate, and ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymers containing no more than 95 weight % of the ester;
• said first layer being laminated onto and bonded to at least one surface of said metallic foil and said second layer being further laminated onto and bonded to the outer surface of the laminated first layer, said second layer being characterized by adhesivity toward said first layer and toward polyolefin of the type used for jacketing conductive cables, the total thickness of the first and second layers ranging from 45 to 75 microns, and the thickness of said second layer ranging from 20 to 30 microns.