Abstract: This invention is a water-resistant film for lamination to a textile material, and the flexible, laminated product produced therewith. The film has a permeability of at least 0.0008 metric perm-cm. at 20.degree. C. and 65 percent relative humidity and of at least 0.0006 metric perm-cm. at 30.degree. C. and 50 percent relative humidity. The film is formed from a block copolymer having a number average molecular weight of from about 15,000 to about 35,000. The block copolymer contains polymer segments prepared by the amination of a polyether formed by treating a polyethylene glycol with an alkylene oxide of three or more carbon atoms. The product is a laminant of a layer of the described film and a layer of a textile material, and is useful in the formation of water-resistant, moisture permeable articles such as garments, tarpaulins, tents, and the like.

Abstract: This invention is a method of making heat-resistant polyester, the method being characterized by reacting the polyester consisting of the aromatic dicarboxylic acid and the glycol component of 2-6 carbons with 0.1-5 weight percent of the bifunctional epoxy compound given by the general formula ##STR1## (R is an organic group containing benzene ring) to reduce the amount of the end carboxyl group to below 15 g equivalents per 10.sup.6 g of the polymer.

Abstract: A method of emulsion copolymerization of ethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene in the presence of a water soluble initiator and a water soluble fluorosurfactant. The fluorosurfactant having the general formula: CA.sub.3 (CF.sub.2).sub.B (C.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.D -X wherein A is selected from H and F, B is 1 to 10, D is 1 to 6, and X is a hydrophilic group.

Abstract: High molecular weight linear condensation polyesters are stabilized against deterioration by heat by reacting the polyester in molten form with alkylene carbonates in the presence of a catalytic amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of sodium iodide and potassium iodide.

Abstract: A quench system for spinning multifilament synthetic fiber using a fog in the quench stack is disclosed. The system and method comprisea. spinning synthetic multifilament fiber from the molten synthetic polymer through a spinnerette into a quench stack,b. quenching the freshly spun fiber in the quench stack with a combination of flowing air and airless atomized water in the form of a fog, andc. taking up the fiber onto a wound package,d. while controlling the air flow, controlling the formation of the fog, and removing any excess water droplets formed in the quench stack.