violet, rose and aqua. The colored jacket allows for easy
visual identification of the cables. The standard jacket
color will be determined by the dominant fiber type in
the cable and will use the standard part numbers shown
here. Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2675 to order
other color options.
Standards
Approval and Listings
National Electrical Code
®
(NEC
®
) OFNP, CSA FT-6,
ICEA S-83-596
NFPA 262 (for plenum, riser
and general building appli-
cations)
Flame Resistance
Flame-Retardant
Outer Jacket
Dielectric Strength
Members
Tight-Buffered
Fiber
MIC Plenum Cables, 2 Fibers
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Flame-Retardant
Outer Jacket
Ripcord
Dielectric Strength
Members
Dielectric Strength
Members
Tight-Buffered
Fiber
Dielectric Strength
Members
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Specifications
Temperature Range
Storage
Installation
Operation
-40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
0 °C to 60 °C (32 °F to 140 °F)
0 °C to 70 °C (32 °F to 158 °F)
*
Note: Corning recommends storing cable in a proper temperature environment prior to installation to allow the cable temperature to meet installation tempera-
ture range specifications for best installation results.
Mechanical Characteristics Cable
Max. Tensile Strengths, Short-Term
Max. Tensile Strengths, Long-Term
Fiber
Count
Dual-Layer
12
18
24
Yarn
Yarn
Yarn
6.1 mm
(0.24 in)
7.4 mm
(0.29 in)
7.8 mm
(0.31 in)
92 mm
(3.6 in)
111 mm
(4.4 in)
117 mm
(4.6 in)
31 mm
(1.2 in)
74 mm
(2.9 in)
78 mm
(3.1 in)
37 kg/km
(26 lb/1000 ft)
56 kg/km
(40 lb/1000 ft)
64 kg/km
(45 lb/1000 ft)
Distribution
Distribution
Distribution
Central Element
440 N (100 lbf)
132 N (30 lbf)
Nominal
Min. Bend
Min. Bend
Outer Diame- Radius Instal- Radius
ter
lation
Operation
Weight
Product Type
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Fiber
Count
Central Element
Nominal
Min. Bend
Min. Bend
Outer Diame- Radius Instal- Radius
ter
lation
Operation
5 mm
(0.2 in)
5.3 mm
(0.21 in)
5.3 mm
(0.21 in)
5.9 mm
(0.23 in)
75 mm
(3 in)
80 mm
(3.2 in)
80 mm
(3.2 in)
89 mm
(3.5 in)
25 mm
(1 in)
27 mm
(1.1 in)
27 mm
(1.1 in)
59 mm
(2.3 in)
Weight
Product Type
Single-Layer
2
4
6
8
Yarn
Yarn
Yarn
Jacketed GRP
21 kg/km
(15 lb/1000 ft)
25 kg/km
(17 lb/1000 ft)
27 kg/km
(19 lb/1000 ft)
35 kg/km
(25 lb/1000 ft)
Distribution
Distribution
Distribution
Distribution
Transmission Performance
Fiber Type
Fiber Core Diameter (µm)
Fiber Category
Fiber Code
Performance Option Code
Wavelengths (nm)
Maximum Attenuation (dB/km)
Serial 1 Gigabit Ethernet (m)
Serial 10 Gigabit Ethernet (m)
Min. Overfilled Launch (OFL)
Bandwidth (MHz*km)
Minimum Effective Modal
Bandwidth (EMB) (MHz*km)
Induced Attenuation @ 7.5 mm
Radius (dB)
Multimode
62.5
OM1
K
30
850 / 1300
3.4 / 1.0
300 / 550
33 / -
200 / 500
220 / -
Multimode
50
OM2
T
31
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1.0
750 / 600
150 / -
700 / 500
950 / -
Multimode
50
OM3
T
80
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1.0
1000 / 600
300 / -
1500 / 500
2000 / -
< 0.2 up to
80
Multimode
50
OM4
T
90
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1.0
1100 / 600
550 / -
3500 / 500
4700 / -
Multimode
50
OM4
Extended
Distance
T
91
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1.0
1100 / 600
600 / -
3500 / 500
5350 / -
Single-mode
8.2
OS2
E
31
1310 / 1383
/ 1550
0.65 / 0.65 /
0.50
5000 / - / -
10000 / - /
40000
*
Assumes 1.0 dB maximum total connector/splice loss.
*
Assumes 0.7 dB maximum total connector/splice loss.
*
Meets 0.75 ns optical skew when used in all Corning Plug and Play™/Pretium EDGE
®
systems solutions.
*
ITU-T G.652 D compliant.
Notes:
1)
Improved attenuation and bandwidth options available.
2)
Bend-insensitive single-mode fibers available on request.
3)
Contact a Corning Customer Care Representative for additional information.
4)
50 µm multimode fiber macrobend loss ≤ 0.2 dB at 850 nm for two turns around 7.5 mm radius mandrel.
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Ordering Information |
Note: Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2675 for other options.
Note: This cable is available in 12 different jacket colors
–
blue, orange, green, brown, slate, white, red, black, yellow, violet, rose and aqua. The colored jacket
allows for easy visual identification of the cables while still providing all of the required environmental protection of an indoor/outdoor cable jacket. Black is the
standard jacket color using the part numbers shown here. Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2675 to order other color options.
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