Article comprising an adherend with a thermoplastic polymer including --ArSO2 -- repeating units adhering thereto

Claim 1

An article comprising an adherend with a thermoplastic polymer adhering thereto, said polymer consisting essentially of (1) repeating units having the structure --Ar--SO 2 -- or (2) repeating units having the structure --Ar--SO 2 -- and repeating units having the structure --Ar--CO--, where Ar is selected from (a) a divalent aromatic radical obtained by removal of two aromatically bound hydrogen atoms from a compound selected from the group consisting of benzene, condensed polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons containing not more than two aromatic rings, diphenyl, and compounds having the structure ##SPC15## where Z is --O-- or --S--, and where said compound contains two aromatic rings one of said hydrogen atoms being removed from each ring and (b) substituted derivatives of said divalent aromatic radicals in which at least one of the remaining aromatically bound hydrogen atoms of said divalent radical is substituted by a monovalent radical selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, alkyl groups containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and alkoxy groups containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, there being not more than two such monovalent radical substituents on any one aromatic ring of said divalent aromatic radical, at least some of the Ar units being a radical derived from a compound of said structure ##SPC16## or said substituted derivatives thereof.