The present invention has a technical solution which achieves improvement of a withstanding voltage characteristic needed for diameter reduction of a cable in an insulating cable, thereby providing an insulating cable suitable for sliding. The technical problem may be solved by an insulating cable comprising a conductor and an insulator configured by a plurality of resin layers on the conductor, wherein the plurality of resin layers contain the same kind of fluorine resin, a difference in refractive index between a resin layer having the largest refractive index and a resin layer having the smallest refractive index among the plurality of resin layers is 0.03 or less, a layer thickness of an outermost resin layer of the insulator is 0.03 mm or less, and a deviation (coefficient of variation CV) in thickness of the insulator in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cable is 0.035 or less.

A copolymer containing tetrafluoroethylene unit and a perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) unit, wherein the copolymer has a content of the perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) unit of 2.8 to 3.5% by mass with respect to the whole of the monomer units, a melt flow rate of 31 to 38 g/10 min, and the number of functional groups of 50 or less per 10.sup.6 main-chain carbon atoms, and the number of functional groups of —CF═CF.sub.2, —CF.sub.2H, —COF, —COOH, —COOCH.sub.3, —CONH.sub.2 and —CH.sub.2OH of 50 or less per 10.sup.6 main-chain carbon atoms. Also disclosed is an injection molded article, a member to be compressed and a coated electric wire including the copolymer.

A sealing member containing a copolymer containing tetrafluoroethylene unit and a perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) unit, wherein the copolymer has a content of the perfluoro (propyl vinyl ether) unit of 4.0 to 6.0% by mass with respect to the whole of the monomer units, a melt flow rate of 26 to 37 g/10 min, and the number of functional groups of —CF═CF.sub.2, —CF.sub.2H, —COF, —COOH, —COOCH.sub.3, —CONH.sub.2 and —CH.sub.2OH of more than 50 per 10.sup.6 main-chain carbon atoms, wherein the sealing member has a thickness of 0.5 to 2.5 mm and a sealing area of 0.5 to 50 cm.sup.2, and wherein the sealing member is in a state of being compressed at a compression deformation rate of 20 to 60%. Also disclosed is a power storage assembly including the sealing member.

To provide a novel conductive film having two regions differing in the light transmittance, an optoelectronic device having such a conductive film, and a method for producing a conductive film by which such a conductive film can readily be produced.

A conductive film, which has a first region and a second region having a light transmittance higher than the first region,

the conductive film having a first film formed of a conductive material as a material and a resin film formed of a fluorinated polymer as a material,

the first film being disposed to overlap with at least the first region among the first region and the second region,

the resin film being disposed to overlap with the second region, and

the fluorinated polymer satisfying the following (1) and (2):

(1) when the temperature is increased at a temperature-increasing rate of 2° C./min under a pressure of 1×10.sup.−3 Pa, the temperature at which the thermogravimetric loss rate substantially reaches 100% is 400° C. or lower;

(2) when the temperature is increased at a temperature-increasing rate of 2° C./min under a pressure of 1×10.sup.−3 Pa, the temperature width from a temperature at which the thermogravimetric loss rate is 10% to a temperature at which it is 90%, is within 200° C.

A copolymer containing tetrafluoroethylene unit and a perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) unit, wherein the copolymer has a content of the perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) unit of 5.8 to 7.6% by mass with respect to the whole of the monomer units, a melt flow rate of 50 to 68 g/10 min, and the number of functional groups of —CF═CF.sub.2, —CF.sub.2H, —COF, —COOH, —COOCH.sub.3, —CONH.sub.2 and —CH.sub.2OH of 50 or less per 10.sup.6 main-chain carbon atoms. Also disclosed is an injection molded article and member to be compressed containing the copolymer, and a coated electric wire including a coating layer containing the copolymer.

An electric wire for an in-vehicle network cable, including a conductor and a covering that covers a periphery of the conductor. The electric wire has a diameter of 0.5 to 1.5 mm. The covering contains a fluororesin that is a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer. The fluororesin has a melt flow rate of 20 to 40 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a 5-kg load, a relative permittivity of 2.2 or lower measured at 25° C. and 6 GHz, a melting point of 250° C. or higher, an MIT folding endurance of 2000 times or more, and a tensile elongation at 150° C. of 300% or higher. Also disclosed is an in-vehicle network cable including the electric wire and an in-vehicle network cable including a twisted pair of electric wires, at least one of which is the above-described electric wire for an in-vehicle network cable.

An insulated conductor of the present invention is an insulated conductor having a conductor and an insulating film provided on a surface of the conductor, in which the insulating film has a low-concentration fluorine layer disposed on a surface side of the conductor and a high-concentration fluorine layer disposed on at least a part of an outside surface of the low-concentration fluorine layer, the low-concentration fluorine layer includes a cured product of a thermosetting resin and a fluororesin and has a fluorine atom content relatively lower than that of the high-concentration fluorine layer, and the high-concentration fluorine layer includes a cured product of a thermosetting resin and a fluororesin and has a fluorine atom content relatively higher than that of the low-concentration fluorine layer.

Electrical cables and optical waveguides are disclosed as including an electrically insulative foam. The electrically insulative foam can coat at least one electrical conductor of the electrical cable. The electrically insulative foam can coat the optical fiber of the waveguide. The electrically insulative foam can also define a waveguide.

An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer satisfying the following formula (1), wherein peak intensities, determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, of vibrations derived from a —CF.sub.2H group, a —CF.sub.2CH.sub.2COF group, a —COF group, a —COOH group, a dimer of a —CF.sub.2COOH group and a monomer of a CF.sub.2CH.sub.2COOH group, a —COOCH.sub.3 group, a —CONH.sub.2 group, and a —CH.sub.2OH group satisfy the following formula (2):
75≤tan δ(60)/tan δ(5)×100≤225  (1)
PI.sub.A/(PI.sub.B+PI.sub.C+PI.sub.D+PI.sub.E+PI.sub.F+PI.sub.G+PI.sub.H)≥0.60  (2) wherein tan δ(60), tan δ(5), PI.sub.A, PI.sub.B, PI.sub.C, PI.sub.D, PI.sub.E, PI.sub.F, PI.sub.G and PI.sub.H are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed is a molded article obtained by molding the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer and an electric wire including a core and a coat formed from the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.

A conductor assembly including an electrically conductive material defining a longitudinal axis, a microporous membrane surrounding the electrically conductive material defining a series of pores, and a ceramic material within at least a first portion of the series of pores.