Abstract: The laminate of the present invention a laminate comprising a layer comprising a saponified ethylene/vinyl ester copolymer and a layer which comprises a thermoplastic resin that is not an EVOH resin and which has been laminated to at least one surface of the layer comprising a saponified ethylene/vinyl ester copolymer via a layer comprising an adhesive resin, wherein shear viscosity ratio of the saponified ethylene/vinyl ester copolymer and the adhesive resin (saponified ethylene/vinyl ester copolymer to adhesive resin) is 0.70-1.50 at a shear rate of 0.1 [1/s] and 0.90-1.10 at a shear rate of 1.0 [1/s].

Abstract: Provided is a melt-molding material using saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (EVOH resin), and has excellent feed property during melt extrusion molding. The molding material consists of EVOH resin pellets comprising a first EVOH resin pellet having approximately circular or elliptical cross section and a second EVOH resin pellet having a cylindrical shape. The ratio in weight of the first EVOH resin pellet (A1) to the second EVOH resin pellet (A2), A1/A2, is from 99/1 to 20/80.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition of a modified ethylene-vinyl ester saponified copolymer having an aliphatic polyester grafted thereto, the composition having excellent melt-extrusion moldability. The modified ethylene-vinyl ester saponified copolymer composition of the invention comprises a modified ethylene-vinyl ester saponified copolymer having an aliphatic polyester grafted thereto and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an EVOH which has improved melt moldability and is excellent in terms of gas barrier property and secondary formability. The present invention relates to an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer that, when examined by liquid chromatography, gives an ethylene content distribution curve which has at least two peaks and in which the ethylene content (a) of a component that shows a highest peak (A), the ethylene content (b) of a component that shows a second highest peak (B), and the proportion (v) and distribution of component(s) (V) having ethylene contents (w) corresponding to specific regions (W) are within specific ranges.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stand-up pouch for retort which has a high rate of gas barrier property recovery after retort processing and can stably retain high gas barrier properties. The stand-up pouch for retort of the invention comprises a laminate which comprises a base film and, disposed over one surface of the base film, a polyamide resin layer, a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer layer, and a heat-sealing resin layer, wherein the polyamide resin layer adjoins the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer layer.

Abstract: A method of transporting saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer pellets by using a hermetic container including a pressurizing means for applying pressure to the interior of the container, and a transport means for transporting the hermetic container. The method comprises the steps of: inserting the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer pellets into the hermetic container to close the hermetic container; and maintaining the interior of the hermetic container in a state of higher pressure than the ambient atmosphere by using the pressurizing means while the hermetic container is transported to a destination by using the transport means.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition which has excellent gas barrier performance after hot water treatment and which both has long-run stability and suppress decomposition and foaming in operations conducted at a high temperature. This resin composition comprises a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A), a polyamide-based resin (B), and a drying agent (C), wherein the reduction in weight of the resin composition after being kept at 250° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere for 1 hour is 5% by weight or more but 35% by weight or less.

Abstract: A multilayer structure is provided, which includes a layer containing a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer, and a layer of a thermoplastic resin other than the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer provided on at least one side of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer-containing layer with the intervention of an adhesive resin layer. An interface layer having a thickness (X) of 50 to 400 nm is present in an interface between the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer-containing layer and the adhesive resin layer. Alternatively, a viscosity increase rate in the interface between the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer-containing layer and the adhesive resin layer is 0.1% to 8%. Therefore, the multilayer structure has long-run durability, and is less liable to have poor appearance even if being produced by a multilayer coextrusion method.

Abstract: A resin composition which can suppress the deterioration of performances of a multilayer structure due to moisture absorption regardless that the multilayer structure includes a hygroscopic layer whose performance is deteriorated due to moisture absorption, and a multilayer structure including a layer of the resin composition, are provided. Since the resin composition contains a hydrate-forming alkaline earth metal salt having a specific water absorption property, a multilayer structure comprising a layer of the resin composition can exhibit moisture resistance as a whole of the multilayer structure without affecting the appearance thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition having gas barrier properties, which has excellent low-temperature characteristics and resistance to hydrogen brittleness without greatly detracting from gas barrier properties, and which can contribute to improve durability when used as a resin tube for high-pressure gas or as a resin liner for a composite container. Provided is an EVOH resin composition comprising: a fluororesin (A) having a functional group capable of interacting, or reacting, with a hydroxyl group; a thermoplastic resin (B) having a carboxyl group or an acid anhydride group (however, the fluororesin (A) and a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (EVOH) having a carboxyl group or an acid anhydride group are excluded); and an EVOH (C).

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a crosslinking agent with which a crosslinked polymer that suffers little coloring with the lapse of time and shows excellent viscosity stability is obtained. The crosslinking agent of the invention includes a compound which contains two or more alkylhydrazide groups represented by the following general formula (1). (In formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, and symbol * is a linking bond.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating film having a high level of heat resistance and a coating composition from which the coating film can be obtained. The coating composition of the invention includes (A) an emulsion which includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin as a dispersing agent, an acrylic resin as a dispersoid, and water as a dispersion medium and (B) fibrous metal oxide microparticles, wherein the fibrous metal oxide microparticles have an average major-axis length of 10 to 2,500 nm and an average aspect ratio of 10 to 450.

Abstract: A packaging bag for packaging a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen, the packaging bag including a film having a water vapor permeability of 10 g/m2/day or less. Accordingly, when a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen is packaged with the packaging bag, the storage stability of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen can be improved, and hence an aqueous solution of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin that contains a modified group having active hydrogen, the solution being reduced in insoluble matter content, can be obtained even after long-term storage thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable prepolymer which can be used to produce crosslinked polymeric materials (or contact lenses containing the same) having a high strength and excellent durability. The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol-based prepolymer containing a unit having a pendant 1,2-diol containing group and a unit having a specific crosslinkable functional group, as well as a molding using the same.

Abstract: A purging agent that has excellent purging performance without generation of aggregate is disclosed as a purging agent used in a purging operation where a resin to be processed contains a polar group-containing thermoplastic resin. This purging agent contain a hydrocarbon-based resin, and at least one metal salt among an alkaline metal salt and alkaline earth metal salt, has a water content of 0.15% by weight or less, and includes 0.1 to 20% by weight of the metal salt expressed as the metal relative to the hydrocarbon-based resin.

Abstract: An EVOH resin composition excellent in inorganic compound dispersibility and a method of producing an EVOH resin composition excellent in productivity and inorganic compound dispersibility are provided. The EVOH resin composition contains an EVOH resin (A) and an inorganic compound (B), and has a crystallinity of not lower than 36%. The EVOH resin composition is produced by: feeding an EVOH resin (A), an inorganic compound (B) and water (C) into a kneading apparatus including a screw-type side feeder (3); melt-kneading the resulting EVOH resin mixture while driving the screw-type side feeder (3); and expelling water vapor from the screw-type side feeder (3) to reduce the water content of the EVOH resin mixture to lower than 5 weight % while suppressing leakage of the EVOH resin kneaded body from the screw-type side feeder (3).

Abstract: Provided herein is a polyvinyl alcohol fine particle suitable for a pharmaceutical binder for obtaining a pharmaceutical tablet of properties including good sustained release, high hardness, and excellent friability. The polyvinyl alcohol tine particle of the present invention contains 25 mol % or more of a gauche structure in polyvinyl alcohol molecules within a 0.8-nm region inside the particle from the particle surface.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide: a package for EVOH resin pellets which is capable of providing the EVOH resin pellets almost free from powder even in a case where the package contains the powder generated therein during transportation or the like after shipment; and EVOH resin pellets contaminated with very small amount of the powder in a case where a user uses the EVOH resin pellets as a molding material. A package, where pellets each having a substantially circular or oval cross-section are packed in a packaging container whose inner surface has a surface resistivity of 1.0×1014? or more, is capable of providing pellets to which 0.8 wt % or less of powder adhered relative to the weight of the pellets.

Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising a urethane (meth)acrylate-based compound (A) obtained by reacting a polybutadiene-based polyol (a1), a polyvalent isocyanate-based compound (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate-based compound (a3) and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B), wherein storage modulus at 23° C. of a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer obtained by curing the composition by irradiation with an active energy ray is 1.0×106 or more and glass transition temperature of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is ?30° C. or lower.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersing agent for agrochemicals, said dispersing agent which comprises a modified polyvinyl alcohol-based resin containing a structural unit having a nonionic hydrophilicity group in side chain, and having a saponification degree of 95 mol % or more. The dispersing agent for agrochemicals can provide a dispersion in which a hardly water-soluble agrochemical active ingredient employed for a dispersoid is dispersed in a stable state even in the case where the dispersoid has a relatively large particle size.