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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Koji Muto, Osaka, JP;
Taro Fujita, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hayami, Osaka, JP;
Koji Muto, Osaka, JP;
Taro Fujita, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hayami, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Fine Polymer, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention improves the concentricity after expansion process of a heat shrinkable tube which is required to have a thin wall and hardness, and further aims to obtain elongation of 100% or more in a heat aging test, copperstability test, and heat shock test. The heat shrinkable tube satisfying such aim uses a medium- or high-density polyethylene that has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 30 to 55, an MFR of 0.05 to 0.2, and a specific gravity of 0.94 to 0.96. A medium- or high-density polyethylene obtained by combining an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-ethylacrylate copolymer, ethylene-methylacrylate copolymer, and ethylene-ethylmethacrylate copolymer may be used. More preferably, for an antioxidant, phenol-based and sulfur-based antioxidants are used together and zinc oxide is added.