| abstract |
The present invention is a coating composition comprising an ionomer having a polymer main chain and a side chain, wherein the side chain includes an ionic group, wherein the ionic group is a sulfonic acid group and a sulfonate group, and the total number of sulfonic acid groups and sulfonate groups is 50 to 95 % is in the form of a sulfonate, and the sulfonate group relates to a coating composition having a counter ion M selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, magnesium, calcium and mixtures thereof. The present invention also relates to an article comprising a polymeric substrate having an antistatic coating thereon, wherein the antistatic coating is formed from the coating composition of the present invention. The article may be a cable, cable cover or cable jacket. |