Abstract: A container for a chemical product has a multilayer wall including at least one structural layer comprising a non-fluorinated polyolefin and a barrier layer of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer or polyamide. The wall is crosslinked, such as by exposure to radiation from an electron beam.

Abstract: The present invention provides a container having an improved clarity and color. The container includes a multi-layered wall. The wall may have one or more polypropylene layers, one or more ethylene-vinyl alcohol layers, and one or more tie layers. The tie layers include an adhesive or adhesive mixture for bonding adjacent polypropylene and ethylene-vinyl alcohol layers. The adhesive mixture may include a mixture of polypropylene and maleated polypropylene. Polypropylene in one or more of the layers including the tie layers may be of a clarified grade. A colorant may be added to one or more of the layers. For example, a transparent polymeric colorant may be added to one or more of the polypropylene layers. A dye may be added to a polypropylene layer wherein adjacent ethylene-vinyl alcohol layers inhibit the dye from migrating out of the polypropylene layer.

Abstract: A packaging system or container for packaging one or more oxygen-sensitive products. The container includes a wall that defines an interior for receiving one or more oxygen-sensitive products. The space between the product or products and the wall defines a headspace. The headspace is filled with an inert gas and a scavenger gas. The wall has at least an inner layer and one or more outer layers. At least one of the outer layers includes an oxidation catalyst such that as oxygen diffuses from outside the container to the interior and scavenger gas diffuses from the interior to outside the container, the diffusing scavenger gas and oxygen react together with the oxidation catalyst in one or more of the outer layers substantially consuming the oxygen.