Industrial developments of radiation-crosslinked polymeric materials in China

The paper gives a review on industrial developments of radiation crosslinked polymeric materials in China. As one of the fast-growing Chinese industries, the annul productions of various kinds of radiation crosslinked products totaled over 3.2 billion Yuan in 2002. Recent progresses are reviewed in radiation crosslinked cable and wires, low smock halogen-free fire-retardant heat-shrinkable materials, polymeric positive temperature coefficient materials, rubber latex vulcanization, and foamed plastics.