Abstract: The dissemination of gas turbine engine aviation fuels under shock conditions, particularly by forming mist particles, and the accompanying fire hazard, are reduced by dissolving in the fuel a soluble polymer of molecular weight greater than 10.sup.6 in such concentration that there is molecular overlap of the dissolved polymer in the fuel, the dissolved polymer being one containing polar groups which form bonds with each other when the fuel is subjected to shock.

Abstract: The dissemination of gas turbine aviation fuels under shock conditions, particularly and the accompanying fire hazard are reduced by dissolving in the fuel a segmented copolymer of ethylene and a higher olefine. The fuel may be gelled by the dissolved copolymer or if the molecular weight is greater than 10.sup.6 and the concentration of the polymer is such that its molecules overlap in the fuel, the fuel may be a liquid, but with a reduced tendency to form mist particles under shock conditions.

Abstract: A polymer is dissolved in a liquid hydrocarbon fuel which has a flash point of at least 90.degree. F and is of a type suitable for gas turbine aircraft engines in order to reduce the tendency of the fuel to particulate dissemination when the fuel is subjected to shock. The polymer has a viscosity average molecular weight greater than 10.sup.6 or an intrinsic viscosity greater than 2.5 dls./gm. and the amount of polymer is sufficient that there is molecular overlap of polymer molecules in the liquid.

Abstract: A stable dispersion of polymer in a non-solvent organic liquid is made from a monomer which is both solid and not completely soluble in the organic liquid at the polymerisation temperature, optionally in conjunction with other monomers which are appreciably soluble in the liquid medium at that temperature. The process comprises dispersing the solid monomer in the organic liquid in the presence of a specified monomer-stabilising agent so as to produce a stable dispersion of particles of mean diameter not greater than 50.mu., and then heating the dispersion of solid monomer together with the other monomers, if any, at the polymerisation temperature in the presence of a specified polymer-stabilising agent. A single stabilising agent combining the functions of monomer-stabiliser and polymer-stabiliser may be employed. The process is applicable to the production of both addition polymers and condensation polymers.