Research Article

Effects of Thermal and Solvent Aging on Breakdown Voltage of TPE, PBT/PET Alloy, and PBT Insulated Low Voltage Electric Wire

Table 3

Tensile properties of the thermal and solvent aged polymer specimens.

Sample codeThermally agedThermally aged in solvent
in airToluene XyleneTCBNMP
Tensile
strength
(MPa)
Elongation
at yield
(%)
Tensile
strength
(MPa)
Elongation
at yield
(%)
Tensile
strength
(MPa)
Elongation
at yield
(%)
Tensile
strength
(MPa)
Elongation
at yield
(%)
Tensile
strength
(MPa)
Elongation
at yield
(%)

TPE1
TPE1-60°C-6 h
TPE1-120°C-6 h
TPE1-180°C-6 h
TPE2
TPE2-60°C-6 h
TPE2-120°C-6 h
TPE2-180°C-6 h
PBT
PBT-60°C-6 h
PBT-120°C-6 h
PBT-180°C-6 h
Alloy
Alloy-60°C-6 h
Alloy-120°C-6 h
Alloy-180°C-6 h