Provided is an electrical conducting wire in which eddy current loss is effectively suppressed, mechanical strength is excellent, and electrical conductivity is also excellent while aluminum strands that are not coated with insulating resin are used as strands constituting a split conductor.

An electrical conducting wire, including: a split conductor composed of multiple aluminum strands arranged in parallel to each other or multiple aluminum strands twisted into a helix, wherein each of the strands contains 0.01 to 0.4 mass % of Fe, 0.3 to 0.5 mass % of Cu, 0.04 to 0.3 mass % of Mg, 0.02 to 0.3 mass % of Si, and 0.001 to 0.01 mass % of Ti and V in total, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities; and wherein each of the strands is not coated with an insulating resin.

An insulated wire containing a thermoplastic resin layer (A) as a covering layer directly or indirectly on a rectangular conductor, in which the insulated wire has at least one protruding part which is continuous in a longitudinal direction of said insulated wire, on a surface of a portion of the thermoplastic resin layer (A), which portion corresponds to at least one side of a cross-section of the insulated wire, said protruding part and a flat part of the surface having the protruding part forms a curved portion with a radius of curvature of 0.01 to 0.75 mm in the cross-section of the insulated wire, and a lateral face of the protruding part has a slope of less than 90° to the flat part of the surface having the protruding part in the cross-section of the insulated wire, a coil produced by processing the insulated wire by winding, and an electric/electronic equipment comprising the coil.

An insulated wire includes: a copper alloy conductor; and at least one resin layer directly or indirectly coated on an outer peripheral face of the copper alloy conductor, in which the copper alloy conductor has a composition where a total content of metal components selected from Al, Be, Cd, Mg, Pb, Ni, P, Sn, and Cr is from 0.1 to 2.0 ppm and content of copper is 99.96 mass % or higher, and has a specific texture where an average orientation density in an area where φ2=0 degrees, φ1=0 degrees, and Φ=from 0 degrees to 90 degrees is from 3.0 to less than 35.0, and a maximum orientation density in an area where φ2=35 degrees, φ1=from 45 degrees to 55 degrees, and Φ=from 65 degrees to 80 degrees is from 1.0 to less than 30.0.

An insulated wire includes: a copper alloy conductor; and at least one resin layer directly or indirectly coated on an outer peripheral face of the copper alloy conductor, in which the copper alloy conductor has a composition where a total content of metal components selected from Al, Be, Cd, Mg, Pb, Ni, P, Sn, and Cr is from 0.1 to 2.0 ppm and content of copper is 99.96 mass % or higher, and has a specific texture where an average orientation density in an area where φ2=0 degrees, φ1=0 degrees, and Φ=from 0 degrees to 90 degrees is from 3.0 to less than 35.0, and a maximum orientation density in an area where φ2=35 degrees, φ1=from 45 degrees to 55 degrees, and Φ=from 65 degrees to 80 degrees is from 1.0 to less than 30.0.

Compositions for fixing a non-conductive material to a reinforcing layer are provided. In one embodiment, the composition being used to fix a non-conductive material on a reinforcing layer including a novolac produced by condensation of a substituted or unsubstituted phenol with an aldehyde in the presence of a catalyst, and optionally other additives.

Compositions for fixing a non-conductive material to a reinforcing layer are provided. In one embodiment, the composition being used to fix a non-conductive material on a reinforcing layer including a novolac produced by condensation of a substituted or unsubstituted phenol with an aldehyde in the presence of a catalyst, and optionally other additives.

A fire-resistive cable system comprises an electrical cable housed in a fiberglass-reinforced thermosetting resin conduit. The electrical cable comprises a conductor and has only one couple of mica tapes surrounding the conductor. The couple of mica tapes are formed of a first mica tape and a second mica tape wound around the first mica tape. The mica layer of the first mica tape faces and contacts the mica layer of the second mica tape. The fiberglass-reinforced thermosetting resin conduit is made of a material comprising fibers of a glass selected from E-glass and E-CR-glass, and a resin.

A fire-resistive cable system comprises an electrical cable housed in a fiberglass-reinforced thermosetting resin conduit. The electrical cable comprises a conductor and has only one couple of mica tapes surrounding the conductor. The couple of mica tapes are formed of a first mica tape and a second mica tape wound around the first mica tape. The mica layer of the first mica tape faces and contacts the mica layer of the second mica tape. The fiberglass-reinforced thermosetting resin conduit is made of a material comprising fibers of a glass selected from E-glass and E-CR-glass, and a resin.

There is provided an electric wire having a conductor total cross-sectional area of 2 mm.sup.2 or less and high reliability. The electric wire includes: a twisted wire conductor (2) including a plurality of strand conductors (21 to 27) twisted together with each other and having a total cross-sectional area of the plurality of strand conductors of 2 mm.sup.2 or less; and a covering member (3) made from a resin material having a flexural modulus of 0.6 GPa or more and covering the twisted wire conductor so that an inner wall thereof is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the twisted wire conductor, wherein the twisted wire conductor (2) has, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, recesses having a maximum depth of 5% or less of a maximum diameter of the twisted wire conductor in a cross section perpendicular to a length direction of the twisted wire conductor and containing boundaries of the plurality of strand conductors.

There is provided an electric wire having a conductor total cross-sectional area of 2 mm.sup.2 or less and high reliability. The electric wire includes: a twisted wire conductor (2) including a plurality of strand conductors (21 to 27) twisted together with each other and having a total cross-sectional area of the plurality of strand conductors of 2 mm.sup.2 or less; and a covering member (3) made from a resin material having a flexural modulus of 0.6 GPa or more and covering the twisted wire conductor so that an inner wall thereof is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the twisted wire conductor, wherein the twisted wire conductor (2) has, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, recesses having a maximum depth of 5% or less of a maximum diameter of the twisted wire conductor in a cross section perpendicular to a length direction of the twisted wire conductor and containing boundaries of the plurality of strand conductors.