Plasticized vinyl halide resins and electrical conductors insulated therewith

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING (1) A VINYL HALIDE RESIN SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND COPOLYMERS OF VINYL CHLORIDE AND VINYL ACETATE IN WHICH THE VINYL ACETATE COMPRISES A MINOR PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE VINYL CHLORIDE AND VINYL ACETATE, AND (2) A PLASTICIZER FOR (1) COMPRISING AN ALCOHOL CHAIN-STOPPED, LIQUID, HEAT-STABLE, PERMANENTLY FUSIBLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE PRODUCT OF REACTION UNDER HEAT OF A MIXTURE OF INGREDIENTS IN THE FOLLOWING MOLAR RATIO AND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) FROM 4 TO 8 MOLS OF A DICARBOXYLIC ACID SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ADIPIC AND AZELAIC ACIDS, (B) N-1+X MOLES OF A DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF PROPYLENE GLYCOL AND DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL, WHERE N IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF MOLS OF THE DICARBOXYLIC ACID AND X IS EQUAL TO A SLIGHT MOLAR EXCESS OF THE DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL NECESSARY TO EFFECT COMPLETE ESTERIFICATION, AND (C) ABOUT 2 MOLS OF A MONOHYDRIC LINEAR SATURATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL CONTAINING FROM 6 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, SAID MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL ACTING AS AN ESTERIFYING CHAINSTOPPER AT EACH END OF THE LINEAR ESTER CHAIN FORMED BY THE REACTION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND DICARBOXYLIC ACID.