Insulated electrical conductor

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ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING A METAL SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF COPPER AND ALLOYS OF COPPER HAVING A SOLID POROUS COVERING UPON SAID METAL, THE METAL AND POROUS COATING BEING SURROUNDED AT LEAST IN PART BY AND IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH A SOLID POLYMER FREE OF DISCOLORATION AND FREE OF EVIDENCE OF RETARDATION OF POLYMERIZATION, SAID POLYMER COMPRISING THE PRODUCT OF POLYMERIZATION OF A MIXTURE OF INGREDIENTS COMPRISING (A) A POLYMERIZABLE ORGANIC ESTER CONTAINING A POLYMERIZABLE GROUPING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF THE CH2=C< GROUPING AND THE -CH=CH- GROUPING OF AN ALPHA UNSATURATED ALPHA BETA POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID, AND (B) AN ACCELERATOR OF POLYMERIZATION COMPRISING A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SECONDARY-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE, TERTIARY-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE, TERTIARY-AMYL HYDROPEROXIDE, 1-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL HYDROPEROXIDE-1, 1,1''-DI-(HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL) PEROXIDE-1,1'', DI(TERTIARY-BUTYL PERPHTHALATE), DI-(TERTIARY-BUTYL PERADIPATE), TERTIARY-BUTYLPERFUROATE, DI-(METHYL MALEOYL) PEROXIDE AND LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT POLYMERS OF DI-(METHYL MALEOYL) PEROXIDE, THE AFOREMENTIONED ACCELERATORS OF POLYMERIZATION BEING CAPABLE OF POLYMERIZING THE POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION WITHOUT RETARDATION OF POLYMERIZATION AND WITHOUT DISCOLORATION OF THE POLYERMIZABLE MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF DIRECT CONTACT OF THE LATTER WITH THE METAL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CLASS.