Abstract: Provided is a thermal storage medium composition which contains 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated diene copolymer and 50 to 4000 parts by mass of a linear paraffin compound having 12 to 50 carbon atoms, where the hydrogenated diene copolymer is a conjugated diene copolymer that is obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer which includes a polymer block (A) that contains structural units (a-1) derived from a first conjugated diene compound and has a vinyl bond content of not more than 20 mol %, and a polymer block (B) that contains structural units (b-1) derived from a second conjugated diene compound and has a vinyl bond content of 30 to 95 mol %, the hydrogenation ratio with respect to the double bonds derived from the conjugated diene compounds being not less than 90%.

Abstract: [Object] The invention provides a thermal storage medium composition capable of forming a thermal storage medium which is free from phase separation or liquid phase bleeding and is excellent in shape retention properties even at or above the maximum crystal transition temperature of a paraffin compound and further exhibits excellent fluidity when being shaped.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a component (i) and a component (ii) and a component (i), the component (i) being a copolymer (I) obtained by hydrogenating a copolymer (I?) having a structure shown by [A-B]n, the component (ii) being a copolymer (II) obtained by hydrogenating a copolymer (II?) including the polymer block A having at least 80% of an aromatic alkenyl compound unit content at a terminal and at least one block B having a specified conjugated diene compound unit content and a specified conjugated diene compound-derived vinyl bond content in the intermediate portion, the mass ratio of component (i) to the component (ii), and that in terms of the total amount of A to B included in the copolymer (I?) and the copolymer (II?) being within given ranges, respectively, 80% or more of conjugated diene compound-derived double bonds included in the copolymers (I?) and (II?) being hydrogenated.

Abstract: A resin composition includes: a resin component comprising 50 to 100 parts by mass of (i-1) a polylactic acid and 50 to 0 part by mass of (i-2) a polyolefin [the total of (i-1) and (i-2) is 100 parts by mass], and 1 to 100 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the resin component, of (ii) a functional group-containing, hydrogenated, diene-based polymer containing at least one kind of functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group, acid anhydride group, epoxy group, (meth)acryl group, amino group, alkoxysilyl group, hydroxyl group, isocyanate group and oxazoline group; and a molded article thereof. The resin composition and the molded article are superior in balance between tensile property or stiffness and impact resistance as well as in appearance when molded and, moreover, have biodegradability (disintegratability); and, therefore, can be used in various applications such as packaging materials, industrial materials, industrial products, containers, medical tools and the like.

Abstract: A hydrogenated diene-based copolymer satisfying predetermined conditions, which is obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer containing at least two polymer blocks (A) composed mainly of a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one vinyl aromatic compound-conjugated diene compound copolymer block (B). The hydrogenated diene-based copolymer is per se superior in processability, flexibility, weather resistance, vibration-damping property and mechanical properties, and can provide a shaped article highly flexible and superior in various properties such as mechanical properties, appearance, mar resistance, weather resistance, heat resistance, vibration-damping property, processability and the like.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a resin composition which gives a molding excellent in flexibility, impact resilience and mechanical properties and a golf ball having the better shot feel, a long carry, and the excellent cutting resistance when used in a golf ball cover. The resin composition of the present invention is characterized in comprising an ionomer resin, an alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer and/or an amino group-containing hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer. Alkoxysilyl group content and amino group content in the above-mentioned polymers are preferably 0.0001 to 5 mmol/g, respectively. The golf ball of the invention is characterized in that core is covered with a cover material using the above-mentioned resin composition.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrogenated modified polymer which can afford a molded body excellent in improvement in the balance among the impact resistance, the strength, the adherability and as the appearance, and a process for producing the same as well as a composition containing the same. Another objective is to provide a composition which can afford a molded body excellent in the balance among the flame retardancy, the tensile strength, the tensile extension, the heat resistance, the characteristic at low temperature, the insulation property, the pliability and the like. The hydrogenated modified polymer of the invention is a hydrogenated polymer of a modified conjugated diene-based polymer obtained by reacting an alkoxysilane compound to a polymer which is polymerized a conjugated diene or a conjugated diene and another monomer using an organic alkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator in an inert organic solvent such as cyclohexane and the like.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a resin composition which gives a molding excellent in flexibility, impact resilience and mechanical properties and a golf ball having the better shot feel, a long carry, and the excellent cutting resistance when used in a golf ball cover. The resin composition of the present invention is characterized in comprising an ionomer resin, an alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer and/or an amino group-containing hydrogenated conjugated diene-based polymer. Alkoxysilyl group content and amino group content in the above-mentioned polymers are preferably 0.0001 to 5 mmol/g, respectively. The golf ball of the invention is characterized in that core is covered with a cover material using the above-mentioned resin composition.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrogenated modified polymer which can afford a molded body excellent in improvement in the balance among the impact resistance, the strength, the adherability and as the appearance, and a process for producing the same as well as a composition containing the same. Another objective is to provide a composition which can afford a molded body excellent in the balance among the flame retardancy, the tensile strength, the tensile extension, the heat resistance, the characteristic at low temperature, the insulation property, the pliability and the like. The hydrogenated modified polymer of the invention is a hydrogenated polymer of a modified conjugated diene-based polymer obtained by reacting an alkoxysilane compound to a polymer which is polymerized a conjugated diene or a conjugated diene and another monomer using an organic alkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator in an inert organic solvent such as cyclohexane and the like.

Abstract: The invention provides a resin composition comprising a polyphenylene ether-based resin and a polyolefin resin, having no interlayer peeling and exhibiting excellent heat resistance and dynamic properties such as impact resistance, rigidity and tensile breaking elongation.

Abstract: The invention provides a resin composition comprising a polyphenylene ether-based resin and a polyolefin resin, having no interlayer peeling and exhibiting excellent heat resistance and dynamic properties such as impact resistance, rigidity and tensile breaking elongation.

Abstract: An ethylene-.alpha.-olefin-non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber composition which comprises two kinds of ethylene-.alpha.-olefin-non-conjugated diene copolymers, ?the copolymers (A) and (B)!, copolymer (A) containing ethylidenenorbornene and either dicyclopentadiene or .alpha.,.omega.-diene having 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the main chain as the non-conjugated dienes, copolymer (B) containing ethylidenenorbornene as the non-conjugated diene, the weight ratio of the copolymer (A) to the copolymer (B) being 30/70 to 70/30, wherein the copolymer (A) has a relatively low molecular weight, a specific ethylene/.alpha.-olefin weight ratio and a specific non-conjugated diene content and the copolymer (B) has a relatively high molecular weight and a specific ethylene/.alpha.-olefin weight ratio. Said copolymer rubber composition, when highly foamed, shows no reduction particularly in low tensile stress, and is excellent in shape-retention during cross-linking and foaming, and in compression set and processibility.