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Power transmission cables - Technologies. Features

Author: Michel PAYS

Publication date: December 10, 1994 | Lire en français

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    2. Materials used in insulated cables

    2.1 Driving souls

    Insulated cable cores are made from annealed electrolytic copper or 3 / 4 hard drawn aluminum [49] . International specifications for these metals are set out in French standards NF C 30-010 for copper and NF C 31-122 for aluminum.

    The main characteristics of these metals are shown in table 1 .

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