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1/ COLORS AND COLOR CODE DESIGNATORS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MIL-STD-681. HOWEVER, DUE TO LENGTH LIMITATIONS OF THE RAYCHEM PART NUMBER,
AN ALTERNATIVE COLOR CODE MAY REPLACE MIL-STD-681 COLOR CODE DESIGNATORS. (EXAMPLE: "901/902..." MAY BE REPLACED BY "Axxx".) OTHER CODES AND
SUFFIXES MAY BE ADDED TO THE PART NUMBER, AS NECESSARY, TO CAPTURE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE PURCHASE ORDER.
DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED, ARE NOMINAL.
THIS SPECIFICATION SHEET TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER DOCUMENTS REFERENCED HEREIN.
REFERENCED DOCUMENTS SHALL BE OF THE ISSUE IN EFFECT ON DATE OF INVITATION FOR BID.
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SPECIFICATION CONTROL DRAWING
CTC-0018
Title
TWO CONDUCTOR THERMOCOUPLE EXTENSION CABLE,
SHIELDED, JACKETED
Date
10-11-03
Revision
D
This specification sheet forms a part of the latest issue of Raychem Specification 55A.
COMPONENT WIRES - SHIELD - TIN-COATED COPPER JACKET - RADIATION-CROSSLINKED
1 of 55A8001-AWG (CHROMEL) MODIFIED ETFE
1 of 55A8000-AWG (ALUMEL)
CABLE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
JACKET THICKNESS
(in.)
OUTSIDE DIAMETER
(in.)
PART NUMBER
1
/
CONDUCTOR
SIZE
(AWG)
SHIELD
SIZE
(AWG)
MINIMUM NOMINAL NOMINAL MAXIMUM
NOMINAL
WEIGHT
(lb/1000 ft)
CTC-0018-24-* 24 38 .006 .008 .123 .129 11.0
CTC-0018-22-* 22 38 .006 .008 .135 .142 13.6
CTC-0018-20-* 20 38 .006 .008 .151 .159 17.7
CTC-0018-18-* 18 38 .006 .008 .173 .182 23.6
CTC-0018-16-* 16 38 .006 .008 .189 .198 28.8
CABLE RATINGS AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
TEMPERATURE RATING: 150°C
Maximum continuous conductor temperature
ACCELERATED AGING: 300 ± 3°C for 7 hours
DIELECTRIC WITHSTAND: 1500 volts (rms), 60 Hz
FLAMMABILITY: Procedure 1,
3 seconds (maximum); 3 inches (maximum);
no flaming of facial tissue
JACKET ELONGATION AND TENSILE STRENGTH:
Elongation, 50% (minimum)
Tensile Strength, 5000 lbf/in
2
(minimum)
JACKET FLAWS:
Spark Test, 1000 volts (rms)
Impulse Dielectric Test, 6.0 kV (peak)
LOW TEMPERATURE-COLD BEND: -65 ± 2°C for 4 hours
SHIELD COVERAGE: 85% (minimum)
VOLTAGE WITHSTAND TEST (Post Environmental):
1000 volts (rms), 60 Hz, 1 minute
PART NUMBER:
The "*" in the part numbers above shall be replaced by color
code designators with a slash separating the component wire
colors and a dash separating the component wire colors from
the jacket color. The color of the CHROMEL shall be shown
first.
1
/ Example: AWG 16,
Per MIL-STD-687: white and green; white jacket:
CTC-0018-16-9/5-9
Per ANSI MC96.1: yellow and red; yellow jacket:
CTC-0018-16-4/2-4
Per British Standard Code BS:
brown and blue; red jacket:
CTC-0018-16-1/6-2
The combination of the above thermoelements is referred to as Type KX per ANSI MC96.1.
EMF shall be 4.00 mV (minimum), 4.19 mV (maximum), at 100°C with reference junction corrected to 0°C per ANSI MC96.1, and shall
be performed on every length of finished cable.
CHROMEL and ALUMEL are federally registered trademarks of Hoskins Manufacturing Company. Alternative conductors,
exhibiting the same performance characteristics, may be substituted for one or both of the CHROMEL and ALUMEL conductors.
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