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Resistivity of PVC electrical cable?

Hey, could someone please tell me the resisitivity of PVC used in electrical cable insulation please? It would be much help. Thanks.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Resistivity of insulators such as PVC is usually too high to be meaningful, and usually is overshadowed by that of any dirt or moisture on the material.

    Wikipedia has resistivity for flexible PVC at 10^12 to 10^15 ohm-meter.

  • 8 years ago

    There are many varieties.

    The link below has abundant technical data.

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