{"title":"News from Japan","authors":"Yoshimichi Ohki","doi":"10.1109/MEI.2025.11023209","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The News from Japan in the last issue [1] mentioned that “Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) possesses irreversible covalent cross-linked bonds, and because of the three-dimensional mesh structure, it cannot be melted or dissolved, making material recycling difficult. Therefore, XLPE is, at this point, unsuitable for a greener society.” The article further mentioned, “ENEOS NUC Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan, has developed, as a countermeasure to the above, XLPE with reversible cross-links that can convert back to the uncross-linked state by introducing a new cross-linker with a dynamic covalent bond.”","PeriodicalId":444,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","volume":"41 3","pages":"37-41"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11023209","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11023209/","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The News from Japan in the last issue [1] mentioned that “Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) possesses irreversible covalent cross-linked bonds, and because of the three-dimensional mesh structure, it cannot be melted or dissolved, making material recycling difficult. Therefore, XLPE is, at this point, unsuitable for a greener society.” The article further mentioned, “ENEOS NUC Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan, has developed, as a countermeasure to the above, XLPE with reversible cross-links that can convert back to the uncross-linked state by introducing a new cross-linker with a dynamic covalent bond.”
期刊介绍:
The EI Magazine publishes articles written by authors from industry, research institutes and academia. The articles are more practical in content than the papers published in the Transactions. Usually three articles are published in each issue. The articles deal with dielectric materials, processes and new developments applied to industry products. Also the EI Magazine is used to promote upcoming conferences and solicits papers for the conferences. In addition, reports on past conferences are given in many issues. Book reviews and news items are included. An editorial is written by both the EIC and the President of DEIS in alternate issues. Advertising of insulation products appears in many issues.