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Industrial and Commercial Importance of XLPE

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Crosslinkable Polyethylene

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Crosslinked polyethylenes (XLPEs) have been successful to attract current active research interests both in academia and in industry for its wide range of potential and practical industrial and commercial applications. For example, XLPEs are widely used in high-voltage cable manufacture along with their applications in underground pipes for sewerage and heavy-duty tank manufactures for water-storage applications. XLPEs are also used in other areas that include—(a) packaging, (b) foams, (c) coatings, (d) adhesives, (e) automotive, glass frames and furniture-related industries. XLPE-based products have been increasingly used for different biomedical applications (such as bone implants). This current chapter will very briefly describe the industrial and commercial importance of XLPE along with a brief discussion on the different parameters that control the nature of the applications of XLPEs in selected areas. 

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Billah, S.M.R., Ibrahim, W. (2021). Industrial and Commercial Importance of XLPE. In: Thomas, J., Thomas, S., Ahmad, Z. (eds) Crosslinkable Polyethylene. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0514-7_13

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