Provided are a self-welding high dielectric silicone rubber composition and a self-welding high dielectric tape. The self-welding high dielectric silicone rubber composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane represented by an average composition formula (1) and having, in a molecule, at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms, R.sup.1.sub.nSiO.sub.(4-n)/2 (1), (in the formula, R.sup.1 represents the same or different, unsubstituted or substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group and n is a positive number of 1.95 to 2.04); (B) 10 to 100 parts by mass of hydrophobic fumed silica having a specific surface area obtained by the BET adsorption method of 50 m.sup.2/g or larger; (C) 100 to 300 parts by mass of a conductive complex oxide; (D) 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a boric acid or a boric acid compound; (E) 1 to 10 parts by mass of a diorganopolysiloxane capped at both molecular terminals with alkoxy groups; and (F) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a curing agent comprising an acyl organic peroxide. The self-welding high dielectric silicone rubber composition can be hot-air vulcanized under normal pressure by extrusion molding or roll forming with calender rolls.

The present invention provides alumina hydrate particles, a flame retardant and a resin composition that are each for an electric wire/cable covering material improvable in flame retardancy and mechanical properties while the covering material keeps acid resistance; such an electric wire/cable; and producing methods thereof. The alumina hydrate particles of the present invention for electric wire/cable covering material have an average particle size of 0.5 to 2.5 m, and having a primary particle variation R of 24% or less, the variation R being represented by the following expression: primary particle variation R=standard deviation (m) of major axis diameters of the primary particles/average value (m) of the major axis diameters of the primary particles100.

An impregnating resin, e.g., a catalytically hardenable impregnating resin for the conductor of an electrical machine, may include at least one reactive resin mixed with at least one reactive diluent and a hardening catalyst, e.g., for cationic, anionic or coordinate polymerization of the impregnating resin. The properties of the impregnating resin or use thereof may be improved by virtue of the reactive diluent containing a heterocyclic four-membered ring. The impregnating resin may be part of a main insulation of a conductor arrangement, which may in turn be installed in an electrical coil or other electrical machine.

Elastomer compositions with high dielectric constants are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure include a high dielectric constant (high-K) elastomeric composition comprising an elastomer, carbon black (CB), and organoclay (OC). The composition is not dependent on any raw material with inherent high-k or any metal oxide type material that changes conductivity with applied voltages. The composition instead uses distributed electric fields and polarizability with carbon black and organoclays. This allows for a high-k material through polarizability with limited large-scale electron sharing.

An insulation material for a DC electrical component. The insulation material includes a thermoset or thermoplastic matrix and a functional filler component. The functional filler component has a non-linear DC conductivity depending on an applied electrical field strength. At least in a temperature range of 0 C. to 120 C., the functional filler component has a bandgap in the range of 2 to 5 eV, and optionally in the range of 2 to 4 eV. Furthermore, a method for producing an insulation material, a use of an insulation material for a high voltage DC electrical component, a DC electrical component comprising the insulation material and the use of a DC electrical component comprising the insulation material in a high voltage DC gas insulated device are suggested.

A detection device has a pinching sensor and a detecting unit. The pinching sensor has a dielectric layer in which a linear conductor layer is formed, and conductor layers arranged on top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric layer, a slit being formed on at least one of the conductor layers arranged on the top and bottom surfaces. The detecting unit supplies a high-frequency signal to an input portion of the linear conductor layer, generates an electric field around a slit portion of the conductor layer on which the slit is formed, and detects a change in a reflection coefficient at the input portion, the change being caused by a change of the electric field generated by interference with a detected object.

Provided is a resin material capable of effectively improving the insulating properties and the thermal conductivity, and effectively controlling the variation in dielectric breakdown strength. A resin material according to the present invention includes first boron nitride aggregate particles, second boron nitride aggregate particles, and a binder resin, and a 10% K value of the second boron nitride aggregate particles is smaller than a 30% K value of the second boron nitride aggregate particles, and a 30% K value of the second boron nitride aggregate particles is smaller than a 10% K value of the first boron nitride aggregate particles.

An example method includes: (i) depositing an insulating layer on a substrate; (ii) forming a conductive polymer layer on the insulating layer; and (iii) repeating deposition of a respective insulating layer, and formation of a respective conductive polymer layer to form a multilayer stack of respective conductive polymer layers interposed between respective insulating layers. Each respective conductive polymer layer has a respective electrical resistance, such that when the respective conductive polymer layers are connected in parallel to a power source, a resultant electrical resistance of the respective conductive polymer layers is less than each respective electrical resistance.

A cable having one or more conductors and a jacket is provided, where the jacket is made from a composition including a polymer blend of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), and Polyvinylbutyral (PVB), with the ratio of PVB to TPU being less than 50% PVB by weight of the total weight of the polymer blend, the remainder of the polymer blend being TPU.

A composite material that includes a layer of reinforcing fibres impregnated with a curable resin matrix and a plurality of electrically conductive composite particles positioned adjacent or in proximity to the reinforcing fibres. Each of the electrically conductive composite particles is composed of a conductive component and a polymeric component, wherein the polymeric component includes one or more polymers that are initially in a solid phase and are substantially insoluble in the curable resin, but is able to undergo at least partial phase transition to a fluid phase during a curing cycle of the composite material.