Accession Number:

AD0488761

Title:

Rodent Resistant Cable Materials

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Quarterly Report]

Corporate Author:

US Army Natick Laboratories

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1966-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5

Abstract:

Several formulations of organotin compounds in polymeric materials were evaluated for application to polyethylene cable coatings. Tributyltin chloride in a chlorinated rubber was the most suitable physically and biologically. Field tests were established in New Mexico, Arizona and Massachusetts to test the effectiveness of this formulation in protecting treated WF-16 cable from rodent damage. In a laboratory test vapors of tributyltin chloride showed some repellency to rodents but this was not confirmed in field tests.

Descriptors:

• materials
• field tests
• cables
• chlorides
• dispensers
• electric cables
• new jersey
• new mexico
• tin compounds
• resistance
• dielectric polymers
• electronics
• fluorides
• buildings and structures
• chemical compounds
• continents

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]