Abstract: A catalyst configured to be handled more easily than conventional catalysts and configured to copolymerize an ?-olefin and a (meth)acrylic acid ester with high activity. The objects are achieved by polymerization using an olefin polymerization catalyst which contains a metal complex obtained by reacting a ligand having a specific structure and a transition metal compound containing a transition metal selected from nickel or palladium having a specific structure.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), and other monomers, wherein the copolymer is produced in the presence of a boron compound having a boron-hydrogen bond or a boron-carbon bond (for example, a compound represented by general formula (2)) by using a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) as a polymerization catalyst (the symbols in the formulas are as described in the description). According to the present invention, a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer can be efficiently produced with high catalytic activity, wherein the copolymer has a polar group and can be used in various applications.

Abstract: A gas-barrier resin (A) having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 1.0×10?14 (cm3·cm/cm2·s·Pa) or less; and a copolymer (B) containing monomer structural units represented by the formula (1), the formula (2), and the formula (3): where: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, or an amino group; 1, m, and n represent numerical values representing molar proportions of the respective monomer structural units, and n may represent 0; and p represents an integer of from 1 to 4, wherein a ratio of a mass of the copolymer (B) to a total mass of the gas-barrier resin (A) and the copolymer (B) is from 1 mass % to 40 mass %.

Abstract: A pipe (10) includes a polyethylene-based resin layer (21) containing a polyethylene-based resin composition as a major component. The polyethylene-based resin layer (21) forms a pipeline member inner surface (10a). The polyethylene-based resin composition has a calcium concentration of 10 ppm or more and 60 ppm or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyethylene-based resin composition excellent in the moldability and at the same time, excellent in the balance between impact strength and stiffness as well as in the transparency, and a molded product and a film, which are obtained by the molding of the polyethylene-based resin composition. The polyethylene-based resin composition of the present invention comprises from 41 to 99 wt % of (A) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions and from 1 to 59 wt % of (B) an ethylene-based polymer satisfying specific conditions, wherein MFR of the composition as a whole is from 0.05 to 50 g/10 min and the density is from 0.910 to 0.960 g/cm3.

Abstract: To provide a resin composition, a pellet, a composite molded article, a method for manufacturing a composite molded article and a tank, all capable of enabling tight joining and integration of the polyacetal resin molded article and the polyethylene resin molded article, and of suppressing formaldehyde emission and occurrence of mold deposit. The resin composition contains a resin ingredient and melamine, the resin ingredient containing a polyacetal resin and a maleic anhydride-modified polyethylene resin, the polyacetal resin and the maleic anhydride-modified polyethylene resin following a mass proportion of (20 to 49):(80 to 51), and molar concentration of the maleic anhydride group capable of reacting with amino group of melamine contained in the resin composition being 5 to 25 ?mol/g.

Abstract: The metallocene compound represented by the following general formula (1): (the numerals and signs in the general formula (1) are as described in the description).

Abstract: A polymer composition for lamination characterized in that the composition consists of (X1) 100 to 60% by weight of an ionomer characterized in that at least a part of a carboxyl group and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group in a copolymer (P) containing a structural unit (A) derived from ethylene and/or an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer having a carboxyl group and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group as essential constitutional units being converted into a metal-containing carboxylic acid salt containing at least one kind of a metal ion(s) selected from Group 1, Group 2 or Group 12 of the periodic table, and a phase angle ? of the ionomer at an absolute value G*=0.1 MPa of a complex modulus of elasticity measured by a rotary rheometer is a range of 50 degrees to 75 degrees, and (X2) 40 to 0% by weight of an ethylene-based copolymer.

Abstract: A resin composition for injection molding or compression molding using an ethylene-based ionomer is excellent in impact strength, heat resistance, long-term durability, etc. The resin composition includes an ionomer in which, in a copolymer (P) containing a structural unit (A) derived from ethylene and/or an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer having a carboxyl group(s) and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group(s) as essential constitutional units, at least a part of the carboxyl groups and/or the dicarboxylic anhydride groups in the copolymer (P) being converted into a metal-containing carboxylic acid salt(s) containing at least one kind of a metal ion(s) selected from Group 1, Group 2 or Group 12 of the periodic table, and has a phase angle S at an absolute value G*=0.1 MPa of a complex modulus of elasticity measured by a rotary rheometer of 50 degrees to 75 degrees.

Abstract: This is a resin composition for a film containing an ionomer which comprises, in a copolymer (P) containing a structural unit (A) derived from ethylene and/or an ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer having a carboxyl group(s) and/or a dicarboxylic anhydride group(s) as essential constitutional units, at least a part of the carboxyl groups and/or the dicarboxylic anhydride groups in the copolymer (P) being converted into a metal-containing carboxylic acid salt(s) containing at least one kind of a metal ion(s) selected from Group 1, Group 2 or Group 12 of the periodic table, and having a phase angle ? at an absolute value G*=0.1 MPa of a complex modulus of elasticity measured by a rotary rheometer of 50 degrees to 75 degrees, and a molded body molded by using the same.

Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization that contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) and a method for producing polyethylene, a copolymer of ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer, using the aforementioned metal complex as a polymerization catalyst, wherein the symbols in formula (C1) and formula (1) are as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin (I) and an ionomer (II), wherein the ionomer resin (II) is substantially linear. The resin composition has more excellent impact resistance than a conventional resin composition.

Abstract: A multi-component ionomer, wherein, in a multi-component copolymer (D) comprising, as essential constitutional units, a structural unit (A) derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene and an ?-olefin containing 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a dicarboxylic anhydride group, and a structural unit (C) derived from a specific acyclic monomer, at least a part of at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a dicarboxylic anhydride group of the structural unit (B) is converted into a specific metal-containing carboxylate, and wherein a phase angle ? at which an absolute value G* of a complex modulus measured with a rotational rheometer is 0.1 MPa (G*=0.1 MPa) is from 50 degrees to 75 degrees.

Abstract: Provided is a polar group-containing multi-component olefin copolymer comprising: structural units (A) derived from ethylene or an ?-olefin; structural units (B) having a carboxyl group or a structure which forms a carboxyl group by an elimination reaction due to heat or an acid; and structural units (C) derived from acrylic acid, which do not have a carboxyl group, and which do not cause an elimination reaction due to heat or an acid under the same conditions as those for the elimination reaction due to heat or an acid in which the structural units (B) form a carboxyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a catalyst which has high activity and enables the production of an olefin polymer that has a polar group; and a method for producing the polymer. A catalyst for olefin polymerization, which contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1); and a method for producing an ethylene (co)polymer, wherein (1) ethylene is polymerized, (2) ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) are copolymerized, or (3) ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer are copolymerized, with use of the above-described catalyst. (In the formulae, the symbols are as defined in the description; and at least one of R6 and R7 represents a 9-fluorenyl analogous group represented by general formula (2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer that is represented by formula (1) and has a polar group, or a copolymer of ethylene, the allyl monomer that is represented by formula (1) and has a polar group, and another monomer. This production method is characterized by using a metal complex, which is represented by general formula (C1), as a polymerization catalyst and by having a silane compound, which is represented by general formula (2) and has a silicon-hydrogen bond, coexist with the metal complex. (In the formulae, the symbols are as defined in the description.) According to the present invention, a copolymer of an allyl monomer that has a polar group is able to be produced with high catalytic activity, said copolymer being capable of having various applications.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-component polar olefin copolymer which has sufficiently improved solvent solubility without impairing mechanical properties and the like. The present invention relates to a multi-component polar olefin copolymer containing: one kind of unit of nonpolar monomer (X1) that is ethylene or an ?-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; one or two or more kinds of units of polar monomers (formula (1), Z1); and structural unit(s) of one or two or more kinds of units of nonpolar monomers (X2) that are different from the above X1 and/or one or two or more kinds of units of polar monomers (formula (2), Z2): H2C?CH—COOQT1??(1) H2C?CH-T2??(2).

Abstract: A readily tearable co-extruded multilayer barrier film being a multilayer film formed from at least three layers, the readily tearable co-extruded multilayer barrier film comprising a layered body having a barrier layer (I) containing a polar resin (a) as a main component, and an adhesive layer (II) and an adhesive layer (III) laminated on both sides adjacent to the barrier layer (I), the adhesive layer (II) and the adhesive layer (III) each at least containing a modified polyolefin-based resin (b) modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a cyclic olefin-based resin (c).

Abstract: A method of producing a polar-group-containing olefin copolymer which comprises 99.999 to 80 mol % of structural units derived from at least one of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 20 to 0.001 mol % of structural units derived from at least one polar-group-containing monomer which contains an epoxy group and is represented by structural formula (I) or (II), the method comprising random copolymerization in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to obtain a copolymer having a linear molecular structure.

Abstract: To provide a resin composition, a pellet, a composite molded article, a method for manufacturing a composite molded article and a tank, all capable of enabling tight joining and integration of the polyacetal resin molded article and the polyethylene resin molded article, and of suppressing formaldehyde emission and occurrence of mold deposit. The resin composition contains a resin ingredient and melamine, the resin ingredient containing a polyacetal resin and a maleic anhydride-modified polyethylene resin, the polyacetal resin and the maleic anhydride-modified polyethylene resin following a mass proportion of (20 to 49):(80 to 51), and molar concentration of the maleic anhydride group capable of reacting with amino group of melamine contained in the resin composition being 5 to 25 ?mol/g.