Abstract: A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.

Abstract: A polyester-polyether block copolymer composition being very stable even in the presence of heavy metals, which comprises a polyester-polyether block copolymer consisting of segments of polyester units and segments of polyether units; at least one compound containing the group of the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is oxygen or sulfur, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each hydrogen or an organic residue, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 forms a Schiff's base with the adjacent nitrogen, and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each hydrogen or an organic residue; at least one radical scavenger and/or at least one peroxide decomposer.