Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film is provided, which is highly transparent, and excellent in antistatic property and cold-water solubility. The polyvinyl alcohol film contains: (A) a polyvinyl alcohol resin; and (B) an ester of a C2 to C4 fatty acid (b1) and a polyhydric alcohol (b2); wherein the ester (B) is present in an amount of 1 to 4,000 ppm.

Abstract: A resin composition can be formed into a product excellent in coloration resistance even if being subjected to a melt-forming process and the like a plurality of times and hence frequently subjected to thermal history. A product formed from the resin composition, and a multilayer structure are also provided. The resin composition contains: (A) a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer; and (B) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (B) is present in a proportion of 0.001 to 10 ppm based on the total weight of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) and the sorbic acid ester (B).

Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film is provided, which is highly transparent, and excellent in antistatic property and cold-water solubility. The polyvinyl alcohol film contains: (A) a polyvinyl alcohol resin; and (B) an ester of a C2 to C4 fatty acid (b1) and a polyhydric alcohol (b2); wherein the ester (B) is present in an amount of 1 to 4,000 ppm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition containing a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A), cinnamic acids (B), and at least either one (C) of an alkali metal salt (C1) and an alkaline earth metal salt (C2) (provided that the component (C) excludes a salt of cinnamic acid), a melt-molded article using the composition, and a multilayer structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resin composition which contains: (A) a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer; and (B) a cinnamate; wherein the cinnamate (B) is present in a proportion of 0.01 to 10 ppm based on the amount of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A). Therefore, the use of the resin composition makes it possible to produce a film which is highly transparent, capable of absorbing ultraviolet radiation of a specific wavelength range (e.g., UV-B and UV-C having a wavelength shorter than 320 nm) and free from an odor problem and the like.

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 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: In resin composition pellets containing a desiccant, an object of the present invention is to be able to avoid bridging phenomena and stabilize the feed rate, which is to say, to improve feed stability. Provided is a resin composition pellet containing a thermoplastic resin and a desiccant and having an elliptic cylindrical shape, wherein the ratio of the short diameter b to the long diameter a of the ellipsoidal face S of the pellet P (short diameter b/long diameter a) is 0.5 to 0.9.

Abstract: Provided are: an EVOH resin composition which can exhibit excellent gas-barrier performance after being subjected to a hot water treatment and rarely generates blisters even when being placed under a high-temperature and high-humidity condition; and a multilayered structure including a layer of the resin composition as a gas-barrier layer. A hydrate-formable alkaline earth metal salt having a specific water absorption property, particularly completely or partially dehydrated alkaline earth metal salt of acid, or a mixture thereof. The acid is selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, silicic acid, phosphoric acid, and citric acid. The partially dehydrated alkaline earth metal salt of the salt has a water content of 50 wt % or less.

Abstract: A resin composition can be formed into a product excellent in coloration resistance even if being subjected to a melt-forming process and the like a plurality of times and hence frequently subjected to thermal history. A product formed from the resin composition, and a multilayer structure are also provided. The resin composition contains: (A) a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer; and (B) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (B) is present in a proportion of 0.001 to 10 ppm based on the total weight of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) and the sorbic acid ester (B).

Abstract: In resin composition pellets containing a desiccant, an object of the present invention is to be able to avoid bridging phenomena and stabilize the feed rate, which is to say, to improve feed stability. Provided is a resin composition pellet containing a thermoplastic resin and a desiccant and having an elliptic cylindrical shape, wherein the ratio of the short diameter b to the long diameter a of the ellipsoidal face S of the pellet P (short diameter b/long diameter a) is 0.5 to 0.9.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition containing a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A), cinnamic acids (B), and at least either one (C) of an alkali metal salt (C1) and an alkaline earth metal salt (C2) (provided that the component (C) excludes a salt of cinnamic acid), a melt-molded article using the composition, and a multilayer structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a resin composition which contains: (A) a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer; and (B) a cinnamate; wherein the cinnamate (B) is present in a proportion of 0.01 to 10 ppm based on the amount of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A). Therefore, the use of the resin composition makes it possible to produce a film which is highly transparent, capable of absorbing ultraviolet radiation of a specific wavelength range (e.g., UV-B and UV-C having a wavelength shorter than 320 nm) and free from an odor problem and the like.

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 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: Provided are: an EVOH resin composition which can exhibit excellent gas-barrier performance after being subjected to a hot water treatment and rarely generates blisters even when being placed under a high-temperature and high-humidity condition; and a multilayered structure including a layer of the resin composition as a gas-barrier layer. A hydrate-formable alkaline earth metal salt having a specific water absorption property, particularly completely or partially dehydrated alkaline earth metal salt of acid, or a mixture thereof. The acid is selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, silicic acid, phosphoric acid, and citric acid. The partially dehydrated alkaline earth metal salt of the salt has a water content of 50 wt % or less.

Abstract: Provided is a composite of saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer from which films excellent in gas barrier properties and film rigidity and highly inhibited from having fish eyes are obtained. It is a process for producing a composite of saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer, which comprises: mixing a composition (a) containing a saponified product of ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A1) and having a moisture content of 50% by weight or higher with a water-swellable layered inorganic compound (B) to obtain a composition (C); and mixing the composition (C) in the state of having a moisture content of 10% by weight or higher and less than 60% by weight with a saponified product of ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer (A2).

Abstract: Disclosed is an EVOH resin composition which exhibits coloration resistance and thermal resistance even at high temperature, and which has excellent adhesiveness to a thermoplastic resin composition. Such EVOH resin composition can provide a multilayer structure having excellent appearance. The EVOH resin composition comprises (A) an EVOH resin, (B) an alkaline earth metal, (C) an alkali metal, and (D) a carboxylic acid having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein the contents of the components (B), (C) and (D) are adjusted to the specific range.

Abstract: Provided is an EVOH resin composition suitable for use as a multilayer structure serving as a material for molded articles, in particular, liquid container such as bags for bag-in-boxes. The EVOH resin composition has such flexibility that even when used in applications where the resin composition is repeatedly folded or deformed over a long period, the resin composition does not develop pinholes or the like, and further has excellent gas barrier properties and melt molding stability.

Abstract: Provided is an EVOH resin composition suitable for use as a multilayer structure serving as a material for molded articles, in particular, liquid container such as bags for bag-in-boxes. The EVOH resin composition has such flexibility that even when used in applications where the resin composition is repeatedly folded or deformed over a long period, the resin composition does not develop pinholes or the like, and further has excellent gas barrier properties and melt molding stability.