Abstract: An electret article can be made by quenching a molten blend containing a polymer and a performance-enhancing additive. The resulting low crystallinity material can be annealed and charged to produce a material for making electret filters having superior oily mist loading performance properties.

Abstract: A compound comprising ##STR1## wherein R.sub.f is a perfluorinated moiety which may contain one or more catenary ether oxygen atoms, Q is a linking group selected from alkylene groups having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, sulfonamido groups or combinations thereof, and R.sup.1 is a perfluoroalkyl group.

Abstract: Electret filter media comprising a fibrous web of a blend of a thermoplastic resin and at least one compound or oligomer that enhances the web's electret properties.

Abstract: Fibrous webs comprising a blend of a thermoplastic resin and at least one compound or oligomer which is ##STR1## wherein R.sub.f is a perfluorinated moiety which may contain one or more catenary ether oxygen atoms, Q is a linking group selected from alkylene groups having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, sulfonamido groups or combinations thereof, R is an alkyl group, R.sup.1 is a perfluoroalkyl group, R.sup.2 is an alkyl group which may be straight chain or branched and n is a number of from 2 to 40.

Abstract: A composition comprising a blend of a thermoplastic resin and at least one compound or oligomer which is ##STR1## wherein R.sub.f is a perfluorinated moiety which may contain one or more catenary ether oxygen atoms, Q is a linking group selected from alkylene groups having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, sulfonamido groups or combinations thereof, R is an alkyl group, R.sup.1 is a perfluoroalkyl group, R.sup.2 is an alkyl group which may be straight chain or branched and n is a number of from 2 to 40.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a fibrous electret material which includes the steps of (1) forming a fibrous web of nonconductive thermoplastic fibers from a blend of nonconductive thermoplastic resin and an additive which is (a) a thermally stable organic compound or oligomer containing at least one perfluorinated moiety or (b) a thermally stable organic triazine compound or oligomer containing at least one nitrogen atom in addition to those in the triazine group or (c) a combination thereof; (2) impinging jets of water or a stream of water droplets onto the web at a pressure sufficient to provide the web with filtration enhancing electret charge; and (3) drying the web.

Abstract: A method of charging a nonwoven web of thermoplastic microfibers to provide electret filter media is provided. The method includes impinging on a nonwoven web of thermoplastic nonconductive microfibers capable of having a high quantity of trapped charge jets of water or a stream of water droplets at a pressure sufficient to provide the web with filtration enhancing electret charge and drying said web.

Abstract: An oily mist resistant electret filter media is provided. The filter media includes polypropylene electret fibers and a melt processable fluorochemical additive, the additive having a melting point of at least 25.degree. C. and a molecular weight of about 500 to 2500.

Abstract: An oily mist resistant electret filter media is provided. The filter media includes polypropylene electret fibers and a melt processable fluorochemical additive. The additive has a melt temperature of at least 25.degree. C. and a molecular weight of about 500 to 2500. Also provided is a method for filtering particulate material from air containing oily aerosol particles.

Abstract: A fibrous electret filter better sustains electret filtration enhancement upon exposure to aerosol oils when made of fibers containing polypropylene and at least one percent by weight of poly(4-methyl-1-pentene). Even better stability is attained when the poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) content of the electret filter is ten percent by weight of total polyolefin. When used as an air filter, such as in a respirator, the electret filter has surprisingly better filtration performance than does a comparable electret filter made of 100% polypropylene fibers. The electret filter can be made either of melt-blown microfibers or of fibers of fibrillated film.

Abstract: An electrolytic cell wherein one of the elements is comprised of a canal clathrate complex of benzophenone and a polyiodide salt of a cation from a group consisting of potassium (K.sup.+), sodium (Na.sup.+), cesium (Cs.sup.+), lithium (Li.sup.+), ammonium (NH.sub.4.sup.+), rubidium (Rb.sup.+) and tetraalkylammonium (R.sub.4 N.sup.+ where R is an alkyl group of less than five carbons). This complex functions through its tunnel-like dispositions of the cations, having certain unfilled sites and certain other sites occupied by the CHCl.sub.3 molecule, as a solid fast ion conductor. The same composition, again apparently because of the canal clathrate complex crystal structure, is adapted, by virtue of its electronic conductivity to function as an electrode in an electrolytic cell.