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Subject: non-contaminating cable jackets
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Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 04:57:02 EDT
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In a previous message I said that "non-contaminating" (PVC coating
on thin wire Ethernet cable) meant "non-poisonous to humans when
burning".  Not so.  Apparently it means that the jacket material
has been specially formulated to reduce possible contamination
of the inner part of the coax cable.  Keeps the innards from
corroding.  Sounds like a nice feature.  Burning PVC coating,
even if "non-contaminating" is still not something you should
breath in.

Apologies for spreading mis-information (from a local cable
supplier...).

Bob Cunningham
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics