Borealis Ag

Linus Karlsson

Bernt-Ake Sultan

Ola Fagrell

Francis Costa

Oscar Prieto

Martin Gren

Fredrik Skogman

Claus Beisert

Bart Verheule

Bernt-Åke Sultan

Wendy Loyens

Elisabeth Ribarits

Joerg H M Ruder

Paul Laurenson

Thierry Toullec

Susanne Nilsson

Lars Efraimsson

Bernt-Åke Sultan

Bernt- Ake Sultan

Joerg HM Ruder

The present invention relates to a flame retardant polypropylene composition for a conduit, appliance, and/or automotive wire, comprising a flame retardant composition comprising: a) a base resin comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer which comprises a polypropylene homo- or copolymer matrix and an ethylene propylene rubber dispersed in said matrix, and b) a metal hydroxide or hydrated compound, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a MFRbelow 0.8 g/10 min and a xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction content between 1 and 15 wt % based on the total weight of the heterophasic propylene copolymer.

Flame retardant polypropylene composition

A process for for making a cross-linked polyethylene article includes: (A) feeding a blend comprising a cross-linkable silane-group containing polyethylene copolymer and at least one additive to an extruder, (B) feeding a liquid comprising a silanol condensation catalyst to said extruder to form a mixture with said blend, (C) extruding said mixture to form an article and (D) cross-linking said article. The article may be a pipe or cable.

Process for making a cross-linked polyethylene article

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