Eastman-kodak Company

Julian C Caesar

Alan R Pitt

Trevor J Wear

Danuta Gibson

David J Young

Scott A King

Colin J Gray

An antistatic composition comprises a hydrophilic colloid, e.g. gelatin, and a plurality of surface active agents comprising an anionic surface active agent and a cationic surface active agent. At least one of the anionic and cationic surface active agents comprises at least one polyoxyalkylene group. The accumulation of electrostatic charge on an element, e.g a photographic element, may be prevented by coating a surface of the element with an aqueous dispersion of the antistatic composition and drying the coated surface.

Antistatic composition containing anionic and cationic surface active

Surfactants useful as dispersing aids in the preparation of compositions comprising a hydrophilic colloid having hydrophobic particles dispersed therein have the structure ##STR1## wherein R is H or methyl provided that when each n=1, each R is methyl;

Surfactants and hydrophilic colloid compositions and materials

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Julian C Caesar