Abstract:
ANTISTATIC THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITIONS WHICH HAVE GOOD RESISTANCE TO SOILING AND CAN EASILY BE SHAPED ARE DISCLOSED WHEREIN THE COMPOSITION CONTAINS FROM 1 TO 7% BY WEIGHT OF A SULFONATED POLYOXALKYLENE HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT ABOVE 500 AND THE GENERAL FORMULA
R-(-O-(CH2)M-CO3M)P
WHEREIN R IS A POLYOXYALKYLENE RADICAL HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF Z AND CONTAINING N HYDROXYL GROUPS, N IS BETWEEN 1 AND 6, P$N THE DEGREE OF HYDROXYL GROUP BLOCKAGE, EXPRESSED BY THE FORMULA
PX100 N
IS GREATER THAN 80%, Z/N IS GREATER THAN 100, M IS 1 TO 4, AND M IS AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL. THESE COMPOSITIONS ARE USEFUL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FILAMENTS, FILMS, MOLDED ARTICLES AND THE LIKE.