Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a sterilized medical formed article that includes applying high-energy rays to a medical formed article at an exposure E. The medical formed article is formed of a resin composition that includes a hydrogenated block copolymer and a phenol-based antioxidant. The hydrogenated block copolymer is obtained by hydrogenating 99% or more of unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer that includes at least two polymer blocks [A] and at least one polymer block [B], the polymer block [A] including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component, the polymer block [B] including a repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as a main component, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] being 30:70 to 70:30.

Abstract: The present invention is a hydrogenated block copolymer obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer [C] that comprises polymer blocks [A] and polymer block [B], a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer blocks [A] and a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer [C] being 45:55 to 65:35, a ratio (w[IB]:w[IIB]) of a weight fraction w[IB] of the repeating unit [I] derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a weight fraction w[IIB] of the repeating unit [II] derived from a linear conjugated diene compound in the polymer block [B] being 40:60 to 55:45, 90% of more of unsaturated bonds included in the block copolymer [C] having been hydrogenated, a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 to 150,000, a low-temperature-side glass transition temperature [Tg1] of 0° C. or more and a high-temperature-side glass transition temperature [Tg2] of 135° C. or more, and a stretched film.

Abstract: A laminated glass may be obtained by integrally bonding glass sheets through an adhesive, the adhesive comprising a hydrogenated block copolymer obtained by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer that is obtained by hydrogenating unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer that comprises at least two polymer blocks and at least one polymer block, the polymer block comprising a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component, the polymer block comprising a repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as a main component, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block in the block copolymer to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block in the block copolymer being 30:70 to 60:40. The laminated glass may employ a block copolymer hydrogenation product comprising an alkoxysilyl group and excellent light-fastness, heat resistance, moisture resistance and transparency.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated glass including, in order: a first glass sheet; a first interlayer film; a transparent film laminated with a heat reflection film; a second interlayer film; and a second glass sheet, wherein the first interlayer film and the second interlayer film are formed of a modified hydrogenated block copolymer [E], the modified hydrogenated block copolymer [E] is a hydrogenated block copolymer [D] in which an alkoxysilyl group is incorporated, the hydrogenated block copolymer [D] being a block copolymer [C] in which 90% or more of all unsaturated bonds is hydrogenated, the block copolymer [C] is composed of at least two polymer blocks [A] including a repeat unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound, and at least one polymer block [B] including a repeat unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound, and the ratio of weight fraction [A]:[B] is 30:70 to 60:40.

Abstract: The present invention is a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that is formed of a resin composition [F], and has a storage modulus at 25° C. of 1×106 to 1×108 Pa, the resin composition [F] comprising a modified hydrogenated block copolymer [E] as a main component, the modified hydrogenated block copolymer [E] being obtained by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer [D], the hydrogenated block copolymer [D] being obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer [C] that comprises at least two polymer blocks [A] comprising a specific compound and at least one polymer block [B] comprising a specific compound, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a total weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] in the block copolymer [C] to a total weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer [C] being 20:80 to 60:40.

Abstract: Provided are: an alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer produced by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer that is obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer that includes at least two polymer blocks [A] and at least one polymer block [B], the polymer block [A] including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component, the polymer block [B] including a repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as a main component, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] in the block copolymer to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer being 20:80 to 60:40; a method for producing the same; a solar cell element encapsulating material; a sheet; a laminated sheet; a multilayer sheet; and a method for encapsulating a solar cell element.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a sterilized medical formed article that includes applying high-energy rays to a medical formed article at an exposure E. The medical formed article is formed of a resin composition that includes a hydrogenated block copolymer and a phenol-based antioxidant. The hydrogenated block copolymer is obtained by hydrogenating 99% or more of unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer that includes at least two polymer blocks [A] and at least one polymer block [B], the polymer block [A] including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component, the polymer block [B] including a repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as a main component, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] being 30:70 to 70:30.

Abstract: An optical film includes a hydrogenated block copolymer-[2] obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of unsaturated bonds of block copolymer-[1] that includes at least two polymer blocks-[A] and at least one polymer block-[B], the polymer block-[A] including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as main component, the polymer block-[B] including repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as main component, ratio (wA:wB) of weight fraction wA of the polymer block-[A] in block copolymer-[1] to weight fraction wB of polymer block-[B] in block copolymer-[1] being 40:60 to 80:20, height from peak of ridge of a die line is formed in longitudinal direction of the optical film to a valley bottom point that is contiguous to the ridge being 100 nm or less over the optical film entire surface, and slope of the die line being 300 nm/mm or less over the optical film entire surface.

Abstract: A solar cell module including at least a front-side transparent glass, a sealing material layer that includes an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of 20 to 35 wt % as a main component, a crystalline silicon solar cell element that is embedded in the sealing material, and a back-side protective layer that is formed of a resin sheet or glass, the front-side transparent glass, the sealing material layer, the crystalline silicon solar cell element, and the back-side protective layer being stacked sequentially from a light-receiving side, a layer that is formed of a transparent resin and bonded to the front-side transparent glass being formed between the front-side transparent glass and the sealing material layer. This solar cell module is capable of suppressing the occurrence of PID using a sealing material formed of a general-purpose ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.

Abstract: A laminated glass may be obtained by integrally bonding glass sheets through an adhesive, the adhesive comprising a hydrogenated block copolymer obtained by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer that is obtained by hydrogenating unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer that comprises at least two polymer blocks and at least one polymer block, the polymer block comprising a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component, the polymer block comprising a repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as a main component, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block in the block copolymer to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block in the block copolymer being 30:70 to 60:40. The laminated glass may employ a block copolymer hydrogenation product comprising an alkoxysilyl group and excellent light-fastness, heat resistance, moisture resistance and transparency.

Abstract: A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. A resin composition and a molding material.

Abstract: Provided are: an alkoysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer produced by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer that is obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer that includes at least two polymer blocks [A] and at least one polymer block [B], the polymer block [A] including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component, the polymer block [B] including a repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as a main component, and a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] in the block copolymer to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer being 20:80 to 60:40; a method for producing the same; a solar cell element encapsulating material; a sheet, a laminated sheet; a multilayer sheet; and a method for encapsulating a solar cell element.

Abstract: A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. A resin composition and a molding material.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising a hydrogenated block copolymer which is used for a resin composition for encapsulating a solar cell is provided. The hydrogenated block copolymer can be obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of the total unsaturated bonds of block copolymers which comprise at least two polymer blocks [A] having an aromatic vinyl compound-origin repeating unit as the main component and at least one polymer block [B] comprising a chain-type conjugated diene compound-origin repeating unit as the main component and in which the ratio (wA:wB) of the weight fraction (wA) of the total polymer blocks [A], relative to the total block copolymer, to the weight fraction (wB) of the total polymer block [B] is 20:80 to 60:40. The resin composition has a tensile elasticity (at 23° C.) of 1.

Abstract: A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. A resin composition and a molding material.

Abstract: A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. A resin composition and a molding material.

Abstract: A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. A resin composition and a molding material.

Abstract: A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. A resin composition and a molding material.

Abstract: A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer which is obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene is disclosed. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C.

Abstract: A lighting equipment comprising a reflector having a substrate comprised of a thermoplastic resin containing an alicyclic structure on which is formed a reflecting layer having a reflectance of at least 70%. The reflecting layer of the reflector is preferably comprised of a metal. The reflecting layer preferably has a thickness of 5 to 10,000 nm. The amount of the repeating units containing polar groups in the thermoplastic resin containing an alicyclic structure is preferably not more than 50 wt %. The thermoplastic resin containing an alicyclic structure preferably has a melt flow rate of 4 to 100 g/10 min.