| 摘要 |
This invention relates to an article comprising: (A) a polymer fabric treated with (B) a wetting agent which comprises at least one compound of the formula <IMAGE> wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group having about 8 to about 150 carbon atoms; R2 is a hydrocarbylene group, or a hydroxy substituted or hydroxyalkyl substituted hydrocarbylene; each R3 is independently hydrogen, an alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a hydrocarbylcarbonyl or a polyoxyalkylene group; each R4 is independently a hydrocarbylene group; each n is independently 1 to 150; m is zero or one; m' is zero or one; M is a hydrogen, an ammonium cation or a metal cation, and when m' is zero, X is -H, -Ar, -OH, -OR5, <IMAGE> <IMAGE> when m' is one, X is -H, -R5, <IMAGE> wherein each R5, R6 and R8 is independently a hydrocarbyl group having up to 100 carbon atoms; R7 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms and Ar is a phenyl group. The treated polymer fabrics of the present invention have improved wicking/wetting characteristics. Further, the treated polymer fabrics maintain these characteristics upon repeated exposure to fluids.
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