Societa Cavi Pirelli S.p.a.

Alessandro Secco

Antonio Zaopo

Pietro Anelli

Flavio Casiraghi

Franco Pasini

An electric cable having at least one conductor and at least one covering therefor obtained from the polymerization of a silanic monomer of a compound comprising a non-cross-linked base-polymer and a polymerizable silanic monomer present prior to polymerization in a quantity not less than 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base-polymer. Thepolymerization of the silanic monomer units forms a polymeric mesh which is closely interconnected and thoroughly compenetrated into the non-cross-linked base-polymer. In one embodiment the polymeric mesh may be grafted onto the base-polymer through the addition of an organic peroxide. Thus, there is provided an electric cable for use as building wires wherein the conductor covering is not cross-linked but is heat resistant to temperatures above the deformation temperature of the base-polymer.

Insulation material of non-cross-linked polymer and polymerized silanic

A hydrogen absorbent composition for protecting optical fibers from damage due to attack by hydrogen, and optical fiber cables and components containing such composition. The composition comprises a mixture of an unsaturated polymer obtained by the polymerization of at least conjugated diene-monomers and of a catalyst selected from the transition metals, the inorganic and organometallic salts of the transition metals, the organometallic acids of the transition metals or mixtures thereof, which catalyst may be supported on an inert carrier.

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Bareggio, Italy

Alessandro Secco