COMPOSITION FOR COATING OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE

摘要

A composition for jacketing an optical fiber including a modified PPE resin containing a polyphenylene ether resin and a thermoplastic resin compatible with the polyphenylene ether resin, and a non halogen-based flame retardant, in which a nitrogen compound is included as the non halogen-based flame retardant and the content of nitrogen element in the composition is in the range of 100000 to 300000 ppm as measured by an elementary analysis.