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  • Fluorinated surfactants for use in making a fluoropolymer
    Patent number: 7659333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorinated surfactant having the general formula: [Rf—(O)t—CQH—CF2—O]n—R—G??(I) wherein Rf represents a partially or fully fluorinated aliphatic group optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms, Q is CF3 or F, R is an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group, G represents a carboxylic or sulphonic acid or salt thereof, t is 0 or 1 and n is 1, 2 or 3. The surfactant is particularly useful in polymerizing fluorinated monomers in an aqueous emulsion polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Klaus Hintzer, Michael Jürgens, Harald Kaspar, Herbert Königsmann, Kai Helmut Lochhaas, Andreas R. Maurer, Tilman C. Zipplies, Richard M. Flynn