A cable comprising one or more conductors surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer, an insulation layer and an outer semiconductive layer, in that order, wherein the insulation layer is not crosslinked and comprises at least 90 wt % of a polymer composition, said polymer composition comprising: (I) 85.0 to 99.5 wt % of an LDPE; and (II) 0.5 to 15.0 wt % of an HDPE having a density of at least 940 kg/m.sup.3 or 1.5 to 15.0 wt % of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene having a Mw of at least 1,000,000.

A cable comprising a conductor surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer, an insulation layer and an outer semiconductive layer, in that order, wherein the insulation layer is not crosslinked or is cross-linked and comprises at least 90 wt % of a polymer composition, said polymer composition comprising: (I) 95.5 to 99.9 wt % of an LDPE; and (II) 0.1 to 4.5 wt % of an HDPE having a density of at least 940 kg/m.sup.3.

A cable comprising a conductor surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer, an insulation layer and an outer semiconductive layer, in that order, wherein the insulation layer is not crosslinked or is cross-linked and comprises at least 90 wt % of a polymer composition, said polymer composition comprising: (I) 95.5 to 99.9 wt % of an LDPE; and (II) 0.1 to 4.5 wt % of an HDPE having a density of at least 940 kg/m.sup.3.

This invention provides an easy-to-tear resin film. Such easy-to-tear resin film is an easy-to-tear, unstretched resin film composed of a blend of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin with the second resin having a difference in SP value from the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin of 1.1 to 4.0 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.0.5. This invention also provides a laminate film 1B for a packaging material comprising the easy-to-tear, unstretched resin film 10 between the inner layer film 20 serving as a heat seal surface and the surface layer film 30 comprising an isophthalic acid-modified polyethylene terephthalate resin having a copolymerization ratio of isophthalic acid component of 0 mol % to 5 mol %.

A tire comprises a rubber composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix mainly comprising a random copolymer comprising ethylene units and conjugated diene units, the mole fraction of the ethylene units in the copolymer being within a range extending from 50% to 95%; a peroxide; and a specific polyfunctional acrylate derivative.

Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition with which it is possible to obtain a molded article having exceptional low-temperature impact resistance. A thermoplastic elastomer composition is produced that contains a crystalline olefin polymer (A) and an ethylene--olefin (C.sub.4-20)-unconjugated polyene copolymer (B) that satisfies requirements (1) and (2). (1) The B value represented by the equation: ([EX]+2[Y])/(2[E]([X]+[Y])) is 1.20 or higher. [E], [X] and [Y] respectively indicate the molar fraction of structural units derived from ethylene, the molar fraction of structural units derived from C.sub.4-20 -olefin and the molar fraction of structural units derived from unconjugated polyene, and [EX] indicates the diad chain fraction of structural units derived from ethylene-structural units derived from C.sub.4-20 -olefin. (2) The molar ratio of structural units derived from ethylene with respect to structural units derived from -olefin (C.sub.4-20) of copolymer (B) is 40/60-90/10.

Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition with which it is possible to obtain a molded article having exceptional low-temperature impact resistance. A thermoplastic elastomer composition is produced that contains a crystalline olefin polymer (A) and an ethylene--olefin (C.sub.4-20)-unconjugated polyene copolymer (B) that satisfies requirements (1) and (2). (1) The B value represented by the equation: ([EX]+2[Y])/(2[E]([X]+[Y])) is 1.20 or higher. [E], [X] and [Y] respectively indicate the molar fraction of structural units derived from ethylene, the molar fraction of structural units derived from C.sub.4-20 -olefin and the molar fraction of structural units derived from unconjugated polyene, and [EX] indicates the diad chain fraction of structural units derived from ethylene-structural units derived from C.sub.4-20 -olefin. (2) The molar ratio of structural units derived from ethylene with respect to structural units derived from -olefin (C.sub.4-20) of copolymer (B) is 40/60-90/10.

A precursor composition comprising, before curing, ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), an aramid, and a carbon material comprising carbon nanotubes, graphite, or a combination thereof. A rocket motor including a reaction product of the precursor composition and a method of insulating a rocket motor are also disclosed.

Described herein are thermoplastic vulcanizates comprising thermoplastic resin, an at least partially vulcanized rubber dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, and process oil. The process oil in the thermoplastic vulcanizate may be selected from extension oil, free oil, curative-in-oil, and/or combination thereof. At least a portion of the process oil in the thermoplastic vulcanizate is a low aromatic/sulfur content oil and has an aromatic content of less than 5 wt %, and a sulfur content of less than 0.03 wt %, based on the weight of that portion of the process oil. The thermoplastic vulcanizate exhibits improved gravimetric fogging properties.

A copolymer of ethylene and of isoprene, which comprises from 10 to 35 mol % of isoprene units, at least 70% of which are in the 3,4 configuration and a portion of which is in the 1,2 configuration is provided. A copolymer of this type with a reduced crystallinity is synthesized with a much higher productivity than its homologues of ethylene and of butadiene, and also confers improved curing properties on rubber compositions.