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Comparative Properties of Plastic Insulating & Jacketing Compounds

Properties	Polypropylene	Cellular Polypropylene	PUR	NYLON	CPE
Oxidation Resistance	E	E	E	E	E
Heat Resistance	E	E	G	E	E
Oil Resistance	F	F	E	E	E
Low-Temperature Flexibilty	P	P	G	G	E
Weather, Sun Resistance	E	E	G	E	E
Ozone Resistance	E	E	E	E	E
Abrasion Resistance	F-G	F-G	O	E	E-O
Electrical Properties	E	E	P	P	E
Flame Resistance	P	P	P	P	E
Nuclear Radiation Resistance	F	F	G	F-G	O
Water Resistance	E	E	P-G	P-F	O
Acid Resistance	E	E	F	P-F	E
Alkali Resistance	E	E	F	E	E
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Resistance (Gasoline, Kersone, etc)	P-F	P	P-G	G	E
Aromatic Hydrocarbons Resistance (Benzol, Toluol, etc)	P-F	P	P-G	G	G-E
Halogenated Hydrocarbons Resistance (Degreaser Solvents)	P	P	P-G	G	E
Alcohol Resistance	E	E	P-G	P	E
Underground Burial	N/A	N/A	G	P	E-O

Properties	PVC	LDPE	Cellular Polyehtylene	HDPE
Oxidation Resistance	E	E	E	E
Heat Resistance	G-E	G	G	E
Oil Resistance	F	G-E	G	G-E
Low-Temperature Flexibilty	P-G	E	E	E
Weather, Sun Resistance	G-E	E	E	E
Ozone Resistance	E	E	E	E
Abrasion Resistance	F-G	G	F	E
Electrical Properties	F-G	E	E	E
Flame Resistance	E	P	P	P
Nuclear Radiation Resistance	F	G-E	G	G-E
Water Resistance	F-G	E	E	E
Acid Resistance	G-E	G-E	G-E	E
Alkali Resistance	G-E	G-E	G-E	E
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Resistance (Gasoline, Kersone, etc)	P	G-E	G	G-E
Aromatic Hydrocarbons Resistance (Benzol, Toluol, etc)	P-F	P	P	P
Halogenated Hydrocarbons Resistance (Degreaser Solvents)	P-F	G	G	G
Alcohol Resistance	P-F	E	E	E
Underground Burial	P-G	G	N/A	E