Characteristics of High Temp. Insulation and Sheath Materials
| Designation | Electrical | ||||||
| VDE initial-code | Abbre-viations | Materials | Density | Break down voltage | Specific volume resistivity | Dielectric-constant | Dielectric loss factor tan δ | 
| g/cm3 | KV/mm (20°C) | Ohm·cm 20°C | 50 Hz/20°C | ||||
| 10Y | PVDF | Polyvinylidene fluoride | 1,7–1,9 | 25 | 1014 | 9–7 | 1,4 x 10–2 | 
| 7Y | ETFE | Ethylene-Tetrafluorethylene | 1,6–1,8 | 36 | 1016 | 2,6 | 8 x 10–4 | 
| 6Y | FEP | Fluorinated ethylene propylene | 2,0–2,3 | 25 | 1018 | 2,1 | 3 x 10–4 | 
| 5YX | PFA | Perfluoroalkoxypolymeric | 2,0–2,3 | 25 | 1018 | 2,1 | 3 x 10–4 | 
| 5Y | PTFE | Polytetrafluorethylene | 2,0–2,3 | 20 | 1018 | 2,1 | 3 x 10–4 | 
| E-CTFE | Ethylene-Chlorotrifluoroethylene | 1,67–1,69 | 39 | 1015 | 2.5 | 9 x 10–3 | |
Designation  | 
        Thermic  | 
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VDE initial-code  | 
        Abbre-viations  | 
        Materials  | 
        Working temp 
  | 
        Melt-temp 
  | 
        Oxygen index LOI  | 
        Heating value H0  | 
        Thermal-conductivity  | 
        Corrosive gases in case of fire  | 
        Radiation resistance  | 
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Perma-nent (°C)  | 
        Short time(°C)  | 
        +°C  | 
        (% O2)  | 
        MJ·kg-1  | 
        W·K-1·m-1  | 
        Mrad  | 
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10Y  | 
        PVDF  | 
        Polyvinylidene fluoride  | 
        – 40+135 
  | 
        +160  | 
        >170  | 
        40–45  | 
        15  | 
        0,17  | 
        Hydrofluoric  | 
        10  | 
      
7Y  | 
        ETFE  | 
        Ethylene-Tetrafluore-thylene  | 
        –100+150 
  | 
        +180  | 
        >265  | 
        30–35  | 
        14  | 
        0,24  | 
        Yes  | 
        10  | 
      
6Y  | 
        FEP  | 
        Fluorinated ethylene propylene  | 
        –100+205 
  | 
        +230  | 
        >225  | 
        >95  | 
        5  | 
        0,26  | 
        Yes  | 
        1  | 
      
5YX  | 
        PFA  | 
        Perfluoroa-lkoxypolymeric  | 
        –190+260  | 
        +280  | 
        >290  | 
        >95  | 
        5  | 
        0,21  | 
        Yes  | 
        0.1  | 
      
5Y  | 
        PTFE  | 
        Polytetra-fluorethylene  | 
        –190+260  | 
        +300  | 
        >325  | 
        >95  | 
        5  | 
        0,26  | 
        Yes  | 
        0,1  | 
      
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        E-CTFE  | 
        Ethylene-Chlorotri-fluoroethylene  | 
        –100+140  | 
        +170  | 
        >242  | 
        >60  | 
        14  | 
        0,14  | 
        YES  | 
        0.01  | 
      
| Designation | Mechanical | Halogen | |||||
| VDE initial-code | Abbre-viations | Materials | Tensile strength | Elongation at break | Shore hardness | Water absorbtion | Halogen-free | 
| N/mm2 | % | % | |||||
| 10Y | PVDF | Polyvinylidene fluoride | 50–80 | 150 | 75–80 (D) | 0,01 | No | 
| 7Y | ETFE | Ethylene-Tetrafluorethylene | 40–50 | 150 | 70–75 (D) | 0,02 | |
| 6Y | FEP | Fluorinated ethylene propylene | 15–25 | 250 | 55–60 (D) | 0,01 | |
| 5YX | PFA | Perfluoroalkoxy-polymeric | 25–30 | 250 | 55–60 (D) | 0,01 | |
| 5Y | PTFE | Polytetra-fluorethylene | 80 | 50 | 55–60 (D) | 0,01 | |
| E-CTFE | Ethylene-Chlorotri-fluoroethylene | 48 | 200-300 | 75()D | 0.1 | ||
| Designation | Properties | |||||||||
| VDE initial-code | Abbre-viations | Materials | Oxidation resistance | Heat resis-tance | Oil resis-tance | Low-tempe-rature flexibility | Weather, sun resistance | Ozone resis-tance | Abrasion resistance | Flame resis-tance | 
| 10Y | PVDF | Polyviny-lidene fluoride | O | O | E | F | E-O | E | E | E | 
| 7Y | ETFE | Ethylene-Tetrafluore-thylene | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | G | 
| 6Y | FEP | Fluorinated ethylene propylene | O | O | O | O | O | E | E | O | 
| 5YX | PFA | Per-fluoroalkoxy-polymeric | E | E | E | E | E | E | G | E | 
| 5Y | PTFE | Polytetra-fluorethylene | O | O | E-O | O | O | O | O | E | 
| E-CTFE | Ethylene-Chlorotri-fluoroethylene | O | O | O | O | O | E | E | E-O | |
P = Poor; F= Fair; G = Good; E = Excellent; O = Outstanding
| Designation | Properties | ||||||||
| VDE initial-code | Abbre-viations | Materials | Water resis-tance | Acid resis-tance | Alkali resis-tance | Aliphatic hydrocarbons resistance (Gasoline, kerosene, etc) | Aromatic | Halogenated hydrocarbons resistance (Degreaser solvents) | Alcohol resis-tance | 
| hydrocarbons resistance (Benzol, toluol, etc.) | |||||||||
| 10Y | PVDF | Polyviny-lidene fluoride | E | G-E | E | E | G-E | G | E | 
| 7Y | ETFE | Ethylene-Tetrafluore-thylene | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | 
| 6Y | FEP | Fluorinated ethylene propylene | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | 
| 5YX | PFA | Per-fluoroalkoxy-polymeric | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | 
| 5Y | PTFE | Polytetra-fluorethylene | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | 
| E-CTFE | Ethylene-Chlorotri-fluoroethylene | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | |
P = Poor; F= Fair; G = Good; E = Excellent; O = Outstanding
