Rapid dissolving polymer compositions and uses therefor

A method for imparting anti-misting properties to a fuel suitable for use on turbine and diesel engines comprising:

• adding to said fuel a rapid dissolving, particulate polymer composition in an amount sufficient to substantially eliminate that population of fuel droplets having a diameter of less than about 50 micrometers normally produced when pure fuel is subjected to wind shear, the particles of said polymer composition having a central core consisting of a high molecular weight thermoplastic polymer which imparts viscoelastic properties to a solution of said polymer in said fuel, said central core having clean surfaces and being surrounded by a multi-layered shell of an adherent, particulate, coating agent selected from the group consisting of tricalcium phosphate and graphite having a particle size much smaller than that of the central core and having the interstices between the coating agent particles and around the core filled with an inert gas.