Abstract: A fluorinated polymer composition, an article made with the fluorinated polymer composition and a method of making the fluorinated polymer are provided. The method comprises a partially fluorinated polymer which has carboxylic or carboxylate end groups and forming a potassium salt with the end groups of the fluorinated polymer through ion exchange. The resulting partially fluorinated polymers demonstrate high thermal stability without the addition of thermal stabilizers.

Abstract: A process of reducing the amount of fluorinated emulsifiers in fluoropolymer dispersions by contacting the fluoropolymer dispersion with an anion exchange resin in the presence of a pH-dependent surfactant, and fluoropolymer dispersions containing the pH-dependent surfactant and uses thereof.

Abstract: A process of reducing the amount of fluorinated emulsifiers in fluoropolymer dispersions by contacting the fluoropolymer dispersion with an anion exchange resin in the presence of a pH-dependent surfactant, and fluoropolymer dispersions containing the pH-dependent surfactant and uses thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a method comprising polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer in an aqueous emulsion polymerization in the presence of a carbosilane surfactant having at least one hydrophobic part, wherein the hydrophobic part has at least one silicon atom, and having at least one hydrophilic part, with the proviso that the carbosilane contains no Si—O bonds.

Abstract: A process comprising polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene in an aqueous emulsion in the presence of a non-telogenic surfactant having an anionic portion with the general formula (I): Rf—O-L-CO2— ??(I) wherein Rf is selected from a partially fluorinated alkyl group, a perfluorinated alkyl group, a partially fluorinated alkyl group interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, and a perfluorinated alkyl group interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, wherein Rf has from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and L is an alkylene group having the general formula (CX2)n wherein each X is independently selected from Rf, fluorine, and hydrogen and n is selected from 1 to 5, with the proviso that the surfactant contains at least one unit selected from a —CH2— unit and a —CHF— unit. Also provided are aqueous dispersions comprising these surfactants and methods of coating substrates with the aqueous dispersions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a fluoropolymer comprising polymerizing one or more fluorinated monomers in an aqueous emulsion polymerization in the presence of a fluorinated surfactant selected from fluorinated surfactants of formula (I): [RfO-L-CO2?]iXi+ ??(I) wherein Rf is selected from a partially fluorinated alkyl group, a fully fluorinated alkyl group, a partially fluorinated alkyl group that is interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms, and a fully fluorinated alkyl group that is interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms; L is selected from a partially fluorinated alkylene group, a fully fluorinated alkylene group, a partially fluorinated alkylene group that is interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms, and a fully fluorinated alkylene group that is interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms; Xi+ represents a cation having the valence i; and i is 1, 2, or 3; further wherein at least part of the fluorinated surfactant is added to the aqueous phase as an aqueous mixture with at least