Table of Contents

1 Overview
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Purpose
  1.3 General historical perspective
2 Acronyms and abbreviations
3 Jacket characteristics
  3.1 Physical properties
  3.2 Chemical and moisture resistance
  3.3 Thermal stability
  3.4 Electrical characteristics of non-conducting jackets
  3.5 Electrical conductivity of semi-conducting jacket
  3.6 Flame retardance
4 Corrosion protection
  4.1 Corrosion protection of semi-conducting jackets on
      underground distribution concentric neutral cables
5 Protective jackets
  5.1 Jacket design configurations for shielded power cable
  5.2 Jacket design configurations for low-voltage power,
       control, and instrumentation cables
  5.3 Non-conducting protective jackets
  5.4 Semi-conducting protective jackets
  5.5 Jackets on cables operating at cable emergency
       temperature rating
6 Electrical characteristics of jackets
  6.1 Sources of electrical stress imposed on jackets
7 Discussion on the selection and testing of jackets
  7.1 General
  7.2 Jackets for metallic sheathed cable
  7.3 Jackets for cables without metallic sheaths
  7.4 Testing of jackets
  7.5 Jacket shrinkback
  7.6 Jacket thicknesses
  7.7 Special requirements
8 Properties of commonly used jackets
  8.1 Summary of physical properties of commonly used
       jacket materials
  8.2 Characteristics of polymeric jacket materials
  8.3 Neoprene
  8.4 Polyvinyl chloride
  8.5 Polyethylene
  8.6 Chlorinated polyethylene
  8.7 Chlorosulfonated polyethylene
  8.8 Nitrile butadiene rubber/polyvinyl chloride
  8.9 Ethylene propylene rubber
  8.10 Polypropylene
  8.11 Polyamide 6
  8.12 Fluoropolymer
  8.13 Thermoplastic elastomer
  8.14 Low-smoke/flame-retardant jacketing
  8.15 Identifiable jackets
Annex A (informative) Bibliography

Abstract

Describes the selection and testing of jackets and other protective coverings for power, instrumentation, and control cables.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
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