The invention relates to a flexible pipe comprising at least one polymer
layer, and at least one armouring layer unbounded to said polymer layer,
wherein at least one polymer layer is a cationic clay containing polymer
layer of a polymer material comprising a polymer matrix and from about
0.1 to about 5% by weight of at least one cationic clay silicate.
Preferred cationic clay silicates comprise kaolinite; smectite; lllite;
chlorite; and synthetic cationic clays. The cationic clay silicate may
e.g. be an organo-cationic clay.
The cationic clay silicate may preferably be exfoliated and/or
intercalated in the polymer matrix.
The polymer layer may preferably comprise an inner liner, a thermally
insulating layer, an anti-wear layer and/or an outer sheath or a
sub-layer thereof.