| abstract |
The present invention relates to an anti-fogging agent which is for preventing fogging even during exposure to vapor. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ideal hydrolysis product of surface-active silane coupling agent and a transformed metal oxide sol which is transformed by means of a hydrolysis product of a surface-active silane coupling agent. A hydrolysis product of a surface-active silane coupling agent, according to the present invention, is a reaction product of a surfactant in formula (1) below and a silane coupling agent having the functional groups reactable with active hydrogen in formula (1). Formula (1): R1—X—(CH2CH2O)n—Y, wherein R1 is alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is —O—, —COO— or —CONH—, n is a natural number from 1 to 30, and Y is a hydrogen atom, —CH2COOH. |