Abstract: Provided are a process for efficiently producing a non-foamed molded body by impregnating an amorphous thermoplastic resin with 0.3 to 3.0% by mass of carbon dioxide and/or 0.05 to 1.0% by mass of nitrogen and then supplying the amorphous thermoplastic resin thus obtained which is impregnated with carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen to an uppermost stream part of a cylinder in an injection molding machine and molding it and a non-foamed molded body produced thereby.

Abstract: Provided are a process for efficiently producing a non-foamed molded body by impregnating an amorphous thermoplastic resin with 0.3 to 3.0% by mass of carbon dioxide and/or 0.05 to 1.0% by mass of nitrogen and then supplying the amorphous thermoplastic resin thus obtained which is impregnated with carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen to an uppermost stream part of a cylinder in an injection molding machine and molding it and a non-foamed molded body produced thereby.

Abstract: An ethylenic copolymer composition including an ethylenic copolymer having Mw/Mn of 1.5 to 4, Mw of 3,000 to 1,000,000, and a resin density of 0.85 to 0.95 g/cm3. The relationship between the half width at the half maximum [W/2] of the Gaussian distribution curve, and the average, n, of short-chain branches in the copolymer satisfies the equation, 0.704+0.147n=W/2=?0.055+0.577n. The ethylenic copolymer composition also includes an ethylenic copolymer having an Mw of 3,000 to 1,000,000 and a resin density of 0.85 to 0.95 g/cm3.

Abstract: The invention is [1] a resin composition comprising a resin obtained by polymerizing cyclopentadiene or the like and a specific styrene resin, [2] a resin composition comprising (a) a polystyrene-type polymer component and (b) a specific petroleum resin-based polymer component, and [3] a toner binder resin for development of an electrostatically charged image comprising (A) a terpene resin or the like and (B) a styrene resin and/or a polyester resin. Further, it is a toner binder resin for development of an electrostatically charged image containing these resin compositions as a main component, and a toner for development of an electrostatically charged image comprising the toner binder resin and a coloring material.

Abstract: The invention is [1] a resin composition comprising a resin obtained by polymerizing cyclopentadiene or the like and a specific styrene resin, [2] a resin composition comprising (a) a polystyrene-type polymer component and (b) a specific petroleum resin-based polymer component, and [3] a toner binder resin for development of an electrostatically charged image comprising (A) a terpene resin or the like and (B) a styrene resin and/or a polyester resin. Further, it is a toner binder resin for development of an electrostatically charged image containing these resin compositions as a main component, and a toner for development of an electrostatically charged image comprising the toner binder resin and a coloring material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ethylenic copolymer having Mw/Mn, as measured through GPC, of from 1.5 to 4, Mw of from 3,000 to 1,000,000, and a resin density of from 0.85 and 0.95 g/cm3. The relationship between the half width at the half maximum [W/2] of the curve as obtained through Gaussian distribution approximation relative to the essential peak of the compositional distribution curve of the copolymer obtained through temperature rising elution fractionation analysis, and the average, n, of short-chain branches existing in the copolymer satisfies an equation, 0.704+0.147n ≦W/2≦−0.055+0.577n. Also disclosed is an ethylenic copolymer having Mw/Mn of from 1.5 to 4 and a resin density of from 0.85 and 0.95 g/cm3.

Abstract: A film formed of an ethylenic copolymer having Mw/Mn of 1.5 to 4, Mw of 3,000 to 1,000,000, and a resin density of 0.85 to 0.95 g/cm3. In the copolymer compositional distribution curve, the relationship between the half width at the half maximum [W/2] of the Gaussian distribution curve, and the average, n, of short-chain branches in the copolymer satisfies the equation, 0.704+0.147n≦W/2≦−0.055+0.577n. The tear strength (TS, kgf/cm) of the copolymer satisfies equations, TS≧131.5−155×log[{(B+C+D)/A}+0.1], and 0.1≦(B+C+D)/A≦1 where A is the area surrounding the Gaussian distribution curve and the base line of the compositional distribution curve; B is the area surrounding the compositional distribution curve, the curve obtained through Gaussian distribution approximation, and the base line, B being at an elution temperature higher than 32° C.

Abstract: Polyethylenes are disclosed herein which are derived from an ethylene monomer and in which any quaternary carbon atom is not present in a polymeric main chain; and the activation energy (Ea) of melt flow is in the range of 8 to 20 kcal/mol; as well as(1) a Huggins coefficient (k) and an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] meet the relation of the equationk.gtoreq.0.2+0.0743.times.[.eta.];(2) a molar ratio [CH.sub.3 /CH.sub.2 ] of a methyl group to a methylene group is in a region of 0.005 to 0.1 and meets the equationTm.gtoreq.131-1340[CH.sub.3 /CH.sub.2 ];(3) an Mw and a die swell ratio (DR) meet the equationDR>0.5+0.125.times.log Mw; or(4) in the measurement of a loss elastic modulus, a .beta.-relaxation peak is present in the range of 0 to -100.degree. C.These polyethylenes are different from a usual HDPE, L-LDPE and LDPE, and they are excellent in working properties and permit the control of physical properties such as density, a melting point and crystallinity mainly in the state of a homopolymer.

Abstract: Ethylene copolymers are disclosed herein which are each derived from ethylene and an olefin of C.sub.3 to C.sub.20 and in which any quaternary carbon atom is not present in a polymeric main chain; the activation energy (Ea) of melt flow is in the range of 8 to 20 kcal/mol; and (1) a ratio between a Huggins coefficient (k.sup.1) of the copolymer and a Huggins coefficient (k.sup.2) of a straight-chain ethylene polymer having the same intrinsic viscosity meets the equation 1.12<k.sup.1 /k.sup.2 .ltoreq.5, or (2) a molar ratio ?CH.sub.3 /CH.sub.2 ! of a methyl group to a methylene group in a molecular chain is in the range of 0.005 to 0.1, and the equation Tm.gtoreq.131-1,340 ?CH.sub.3 /CH.sub.2 ! is met, or (3) Mw and a die swell ratio (DR) meet the equation DR>0.5+0.125.times.log Mw.

Abstract: An olefin polymer is prepared by homopolymerizing an olefin or copolymerizing two different olefins or an olefin and another polymerizable unsaturated compound in the presence of a polymerization catalyst containing (A) a transition metal compound represented by the formula (I):CpML.sub.x-1 (I)wherein M is a metallic element of Groups 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table or a metallic element of the lanthanide series; Cp is a cyclic compound group having a cyclopentadienyl skeleton of 5 to 30 carbon atoms; L is R', OR', SR', SO.sub.3 R'N'R'R", PR'R", wherein R' and R" are each a C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbon group or a silyl group, NO.sub.2, a halogen atom, a 1-pyrrolyl group or a 1-pyrrolidinyl group, with the proviso that at least one of the L groups is OR', SR', N'R'R" or PR'R", wherein R' and R" are each a C.sub.

Abstract: There are herein disclosed an olefin copolymer which comprises an olefin unit and a diolefin unit and in which a weight-average molecular weight is in the range of 200 to 800,000, the content of the diolefin unit is in the range of 0.002 to 30 mol%, and a ratio TUS/DOU between the total content of unsaturated groups observed in a molecular chain (TUS mol%) and the content of the diolefin unit (DOU mol%) is in the range of 0.001 to 200; an olefin graft copolymer obtained by the graft polymerization of this olefin copolymer and an olefin; a hydrogenated olefin copolymer and olefin graft copolymer thereof; and a process for preparing these copolymers.These olefin copolymers are excellent in molding/working properties and have a good thermal stability, transparency and uniformity. Therefore, they are useful as a high-performance VLDPE, LDPE, L-LDPE and HDPE, and further useful as a novel branched propylene polymer, a thermoplastic elastomer, a compatibilizing agent for other resins, and the like.