Patent ID: 6841598

Claim:
An antistatic or antidust composition comprising a melt blend of: an aromatic sulfonate compound and a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the aromatic sulfonate compound is represented by the formula: wherein each R 1 independently comprises aliphatic or aromatic, substituted or unsubstituted, carbocyclic or heterocyclic radicals, each X is selected from the group consisting of phosphorus and nitrogen; wherein “a” is 0, 1 or 2, and “b” is 0, 1 or 2 with the proviso that (a+b) is an integer greater than or equal to 1; G 1 is an aromatic group; E comprises a bis(carbonyloxyalkyl) polydiorganosiloxane, a bis(carbonyloxyaryl) polydiorganosiloxane, and-an ether linkage or an ether linkage; each Y 1 independently comprises hydrogen, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, alkenyl, allyl, halogen, nitro; and OR, wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; “q” represents any integer from and including zero through the number of positions on G 1 available for substitution; “t” represents an integer equal to at least one; “s” represents an integer equal to either zero or one; and “u” represents any integer including zero; with the proviso that when E is an ether linkage, then X is phosphorus.