Stabilized polymeric composition in contact with metals
AssigneeBell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
InventorsRay Lawson Hartless, Anthony Marion Trozzolo
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Abstract
The condensation product of oxalyl dihydrazide and 3,5-di-tertiary-butyl-4-hydroxy aryl carbonyl compounds is found to stabilize polyethylene against oxidative degradation. Stabilizer effectiveness is retained with the polymer in contact with copper. Stabilized polymers are effectively utilized as wire insulation.
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An article comprising a metal surface which is in intimate contact with a polymeric composition wherein the said polymeric composition exclusive of filler is at least 90 percent by weight of essentially saturated polyolefin polymer, said polymer containing a stabilizer composition characterized in that the said stabilizer composition contains only one thermal oxidation stabilizer, said thermal oxidation stabilizer consisting essentially of at least one compound in accordance with the formula ##STR6## in which R is an alkyl substituent containing a tertiary carbon, said tertiary carbon being attached directly to the aryl ring, in whcih R' is hydrogen or an alkyl substituent which may also contain a tertiary carbon and in which R" is hydrogen or an alkyl substituent, and in which any of the aryl hydrogens bonded directly to either of the aryl rings may be replaced by a hydrocarbon substituent wherein said saturated polyolefin polymer contains a percentage by weight of said thermal oxidation stabilizer in the range of 0.01 to 0.5.
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