Vistalon: For Excellent Processability and Flexibility

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VISTALON™

EPM 722
For excellent processability and flexibility

P R O D U C T O V E R V I E W
Vistalon™ EPM 722

YOUR CHALLENGES Because new Vistalon EPM 722 is based on ExxonMobil


• Productivity Chemical’s proprietary metallocene catalyst technology, it
• Durability provides improved benefits at a low cost.
• Flexibility
Vistalon EPM 722, which offers excellent electrical properties,
OUR SOLUTION can provide excellent processability of the polymer and cable
• Clean polymer compound, enhanced cable flexibility and low temperature
• Easy to handle pellets performance compared with conventional EPDM, cross-linked
• Excellent processability polyethylene and competitive metallocene-based EPDM.
• Enhanced flexibility of final cable
• Low temperature performance Suitable for medium and low voltage wire and cable applica-
• Excellent electrical performance tions, Vistalon EPM 722 is supplied in pellet rather than baled
• Cost efficiency form, making it easy and clean to use.

Vistalon EPM 722 polymer cost effectively improves cable Already approved in several commercial applications,
flexibility, while providing excellent electrical properties. Vistalon EPM 722 is proving highly successful.

VISTALON EPM 722 OFFERS A


NUMBER OF BENEFITS COMPARED
WITH COMPETITIVE MATERIALS:

Versus
Conventional EPDM
• Improved flexibility
• Lower cost

Versus
Cross-linked polyethylene
• Improved flexibility and low temperature
performance

Versus
Competitive metallocene EPDMs
• Improved electrical performance
• Enhanced flexibility
VistalonTM EPM 722 is designed to provide excellent processability during
cable manufacture and increased flexibility of the final cable construction.

COMPARISON OF KEY CABLE COMPOUND PROPERTIES


Competitive
VistalonTM Metallocene VistalonTM EPDM 8731
EPM 722 EPDM (Ziegler-Natta EPDM)
Mooney Viscosity
ML (1 + 4) 125°C 19 20 27

ODR: 200°C, 6 min


Mh, dNm 76.1 77.9 105.0
Mh - Ml, dNm 70.3 71.2 97.2
t'90, min 1.9 2.0 1.9
Peak Rate, dNm/min 64 66 104

Press Cure: 165°C, 20 min


Hardness, Shore A 79 87 88
100% Modulus, MPa 3.9 4.9 6.3
200% Modulus, MPa 7.1 8.3 10.4
Tensile Strength, MPa 10.5 11.7 14.4
Elongation at Break, % 340 410 350

Heat Aging: 150°C, 14 days


Hardness Change, points 0 0 0
Tensile Strength Change, % -10 -8 -17
Elongation at Break Change, % -10 -17 -23

Electrical Properties
Dissipation Factor, 23°C 0.0003 0.0005 0.0004
(Molded plaque of raw polymer;
600 volts, 60 Hz)

Note: Values are for typical 3728 type medium-voltage insulation forumlation.

VistalonTM EPM 722 has improved flexibility over conventional EPDM and In a typical 3728 type of medium-voltage insulation formulation, VistalonTM EPM 722
competitive metallocene EPDM as indicated by the modulus at low strain. affords superior flexibility in an AEIC cable construction compared with TRXLPE.
Furthermore, the ethylene-propylene elastomer is much less sensitive to a decrease
in temperature than TRXLPE.

Stress/Strain Curves for Typical 3728 Type Deflection Force versus Deflection Angle for MV Cables
Medium-Voltage Insulation Formulation based on Vistalon EPM 722 and TRXLPE Insulation
16 12

Vistalon™ EPM 722


TRXLPE at 18°C
14 Competitive Metallocene TRXLPE at 0°C
Vistalon™ EPDM 8731 10 Vistalon™ EPM 722 at 18°C
Vistalon™ EPM 722 at 0°C
12
Deflection Force (Pounds)

8
10
Stress, MPa

8 6

6
4

4
2
2

0
0 0 10 20 30 40 50
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
Deflection Angle (Degrees)
Strain, %
Note: All cables are consistent with the AEIC CS8-00 specification.

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