C 1, TM 9-207/TO 36-1-40 and its alloys (except lead-tin compositions high taken in handling cables at low temperatures. If in tin) have the same capacity to withstand stress the rubber jackets become hard, the cables must as they possess at warmer temperatures. How- be protected from shock loads and bending to preever, low-temperature effects are especially ad- clude short circuits caused by breaks in the coververse on pure tin solders. Prolonged exposure to ing. If cables are to be bent, they must first be low temperatures causes the expansion and even- warmed. Neoprene jackets on cables are known to tual disintegration of the tin. There are many al- be unsatisfactory. Neoprene becomes very brittle loys that will, in effect, greatly retard or prohibit and breaks readily at low temperatures. these effects; and there are yet others that pro- (3) Rubber parts.
DesignationTM 9-207
EditionSep 1959
StatusSuperseded
Pages144
FunctionSustainment
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)