Abstract: This invention provides polypropylene resin compositions which have sharply improved balance of physical properties in comparison with the related polypropylene materials, are materials that can be used in both interior and exterior parts of automobiles, have excellent thin-wall moldability and can sharply reduce generation of flow marks. Particularly, it provides a polypropylene resin composition which comprises specified amounts of (A) a specified ethylene-propylene block copolymer, (B) a specified thermoplastic elastomer and (C) talc, wherein it has specified values of physical properties measured by ASTM and has a degree of b-axis orientation of 720 or more which is calculated from the ratio of differential peak intensities measured by wide-angle X-ray diffraction of the central area of an ASTM No. 1 dumbbell prepared by injection molding.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition is diclosed which comprises (a) 50-80% by weight of a specific polypropylene/ethylene-propylene copolymer composition, (b) 5-40% by weight of a specific ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber, (c) 1-10% by weight of a specific hydrogenated diene block copolymer, and (d) 10-30% by weight of talc, wherein the polypropylene component of the component (a) has a melt flow rate of 100-1,000 g/10 min and a C.sub.f value (cross fractionation ratio) of not more than 0.5. The resin composition has excellent flowability and can impart excellent rigidity, high-temperature rigidity and impact resistance, and well-balanced combination thereof to the molded articles.

Abstract: A crystalline propyleiie block-copolymer composition exhibiting superior flowability upon molding for use in automobile parts, which composition comprises 41 to 71% by weight of a crystalline propylene block-copolymer composed of a propylene homopolymer portion (Fp) and an ethylene/propylene random copolymer portion (Fc) and having an ethylene content of 1 to 10% by weight and a melt flow rate (MFR) of 20 to 100 g/10 min.; 12 to 22% by weight of a first hydrogenated product of a block-copolymer having a relatively smaller stylene content; 2 to 12% by weight of a second hydrogenated product of a block-copolymer having a relatively greater stylene content; and 15 to 25% by weight of talc, wherein the propylene homopolymer portion (Fp) contains 20 to 50% by weight of a low molecular weight propylene homopolymer having an MFR of 400 to 1,000 g/10 min., the average MFR being 100 to 350 g/10 min.

Abstract: A propylene-ethylene copolymer composition is obtained which has good moldability and an excellent balance of rigidity, toughness, and impact-strength. The composition has a melt flow rate of 10 to 300 g/10 minutes and is obtained by producing 60 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of whole polymer, of a propylene polymer having a melt flow rate (ASTM D1238) in the range of 100 to 1,000 g/10 minutes and having a ratio (Cf) of integrated values of the propylene polymer dissolved in o-dichlorobenzene at a temperature of lower than 112.degree. C., and a temperature of 112.degree. C. or higher, respectively, of 0.5 or less, by carrying out polymerization of propylene in the presence of a highly stereoregular catalyst and hydrogen in a polymerization step (I), and then producing 5 to 40% by weight, based on the weight of whole polymer, of an ethylene-propylene copolymer by feeding ethylene and propylene to the propylene polymer to react so that the content of ethylene becomes 30 to 80% by weight.

Abstract: There is provided a sheet-shaped product of a thermoplastic elastomer provided with an embossed pattern on the surface thereof, comprising as a base material a component (II) comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, said elastomer being obtained by subjecting a composition (I) comprising the following components (A) and (B) to dynamic heat treatment carried out in the presence of an organic peroxide: component (A): from 10 to 75% by weight of an olefin resin containing 50 to 100% by weight of a crystalline propylene polymer resin, and component (B): from 90 to 25% by weight of an olefin copolymer rubber containing 10 to 100% by weight of an olefin-propylene copolymer rubber whose propylene content is from 65 to 90% by weight.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition which has a melt flow rate of 25 to 30 g/10 min and a flexural modulus at 23.degree. C. of 20,000 kg/cm.sup.2 or more and which comprises (1) 78 to 87% by weight of a specific crystalline polypropylene ?referred to hereinafter as (A)! in which the propylene homopolymer portion has a Q value of 3.0 to 5.0, an isotactic pentad fraction of 0.975 or more and an intrinsic viscosity ?.eta.! of 1.00 to 1.10 dl/g as measured at 135.degree. C. in tetralin, (2) 3 to 10% by weight of at least two specific rubber components selected from the group consisting of (B) 1 to 9% by weight of an ethylene-butene-1 copolymer rubber, (C) 1 to 9% by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber and (D) 1 to 9% by weight of an alkenyl aromatic compound-containing rubber; and (3) 10 to 12% by weight of talc having an average particle diameter of 4 .mu.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition having excellent rigidity, impact resistance and formability (moldability) and thus useful for the interior parts of automobile, includes (A) a crystalline E/P block copolymer containing a fraction Ac soluble in p-xylene at room temperature and having an ethylene content of 18 to 22%; (B) a crystalline E/P block copolymer containing a fraction Bc soluble in p-xylene at room temperature and having an ethylene content of 27 to 40% and (C) talc particles having an average size of 3 to 5 .mu.m and largest size less than 20 .mu.m, in which composition, (a) the p-xylene-soluble fractions Ac and Bc are in contents As and Bs based on the total weight of the copolymers (A) and (B) and satisfying As+Bs=7 to 17% by weight and As/(A +Bs)=0.1 to 0.6; (b) an isotactic pentad fraction of propylene in each of copolymers (A) and (B) is 96% or more, and the mixture of the copolymers (A) and (B) has a MFR of 20 to 35 g/10 min at 230.degree. C.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising an isotactic polypropylene component, a rubber component, and an inorganic filler component, wherein (a) the melt flow rate, according to ASTM D1238, is 20 g/10 min or more, (b) the flexural modulus, according to ASTM D790, is 2300 MPa or more, (c) the Izod impact strength, according to ASTM D256, is 180 J/m or more at 23.degree. C. and 45 J/m or more at -30.degree. C., (d) the heat deformation temperature, according to ASTM D648, is 130.degree. C. or more, and (e) there is a diffraction peak unique to polypropylene of space group P21/c in the diffraction pattern measured by the wide angle X-ray diffraction method in an injection molded article of the composition formed under a quenching condition.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition with improved low-temperature impact strength and rigidity against heat, comprising (I) 10-40% by weight of a mixture of (a) 10-50% by weight of a propylene homopolymer and/or an ethylene-propylene block copolymer (an isotactic pentad fraction of a propylene homopolymer portion being 0.98 or above) and (b) 50-90% by weight of an olefin-based copolymer rubber, said mixture having been dynamically heat treated in the presence of an organic peroxide and a crosslinking agent, (II) 20-85% by weight of a propylene homopolymer and/or an ethylene-propylene block copolymer (an isotactic pentad fraction of a propylene homopolymer portion being 0.98 or above and a melt index of the propylene homopolymer portion being 30-150 g/10 min), and (III) 5-40% by weight of an inorganic filler.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) a crystalline ethylene-propylene block copolymer containing a room-temperature-p-xylene-soluble fraction Ac having an ethylene content of 12-26% by weight and an intrinsic viscosity (measured at 135.degree. C. in decalin) of 6 dl/g or more, (B) a crystalline ethylene-propylene block copolymer containing a room-temperature-p-xylene-soluble fraction Bc having an ethylene content of 27-50% by weight and an intrinsic viscosity (measured at 135.degree. C. in decalin) of 4 dl/g or less, (C) an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer obtained by polymerization using a single-site catalyst, having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 2.5 or less, a melt flow ratio (MI.sub.10 /MI.sub.2.16) of 6-15 (wherein MI.sub.10 is a melt index measured at 190.degree. C. under a load of 10 kg and MI.sub.2.16 is a melt index measured at 190.degree. C. under a load of 2.16 kg) and an .alpha.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition for car interior fittings, comprising (a) a crystalline polypropylene, (b) particular hydrogenated block copolymer(s), (c) particular hydrogenated block copolymer(s) different from (b), and (d) a particular talc.

Abstract: A reflection type display according to the present invention, which has a first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium interposed therebetween, includes: pixel electrodes arranged in rows and columns on the first substrate; canning lines each disposed adjacent to a respective one column of the pixel electrodes on the first substrate; a plurality of nonlinear resistance two terminal devices for electrically connecting each scanning line to the pixel electrodes of the respective one column; and signal lines disposed on the second substrate to cross the scanning lines. Each pixel electrode includes first and second metal layers and is insulated from the respective one of the scanning lines by an insulating layer. The materials of the first and second metal layers are different, and the material for the first metal layer has the reflectance higher than that of the material of the second metal layer.

Abstract: A two-terminal non-linear resistive device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a zinc sulfide layer interposed therebetween. The zinc sulfide layer contains at least one transition metal element as an impurity. The zinc sulfide layer is formed by sputtering using a sintered ZnS target including the transition metal element or a sintered ZnS target including the transition metal sulfide.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition which has a melt flow rate of 20 to 30 g/10 min and a flexural modulus at 23.degree. C. of 30,000 kg/cm.sup.2 or more and which comprises (A) 60 to 75% by weight of a specific crystalline polypropylene in which the propylene homopolymer portion has a Q value of 3.0 to 5.0, an isotactic pentad fraction of 0.975 or more and an intrinsic viscosity ?.eta.! of 0.95 to 1.15 dl/g as measured at 135.degree. C. in tetralin, (B) 2 to 8% by weight of an ethylene-butene-1 copolymer rubber, (C) 2 to 8% by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber, (D) 10 to 20% by weight of talc having an average particle diameter of 4 .mu.m or less, and (E) 5 to 20% by weight of fibrous magnesium oxysulfate, and an injection molded article of the thermoplastic resin composition, said thermoplastic resin composition satisfying the impact strength and rigidity required as a material for an instrumental panel and having a short molding cycle and good surface quality.

Abstract: A polyolefin resin composition is disclosed which comprises(a) a crystalline propylene polymer in an amount of 40% or more to less than 95% by weight,(b) an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin rubber in an amount of from 5 to 40% by weight, and(c) a linear or branched specified block copolymer in an amount of from 0.1 to 20% by weight containing a polyethylene block segment A having a melting temperature as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter of from 80.degree. to 120.degree. C. and an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer block segment B,the total content of components (a), (b), and (c) being 100% by weight, which composition has excellent dispersibility of the rubber used, so that moldings having an excellent balance between rigidity and impact resistance are obtained therefrom, and is hence suitable for use in the field of moldings required to have rigidity and impact resistance.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus of the invention includes: a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween; a plurality of scanning signal formed on one substrate; a plurality of data signal lines arranged perpendicular to the scanning signal lines and formed on the other substrate; pixel electrodes respectively at crossing portions in which the scanning signal lines cross the data signal lines; and nonlinear resistive two-terminal devices respectively provided between the pixel electrodes and the scanning signal lines. Scanning signals each including a selection period and a non-selection period are applied to the scanning signal lines, and data signals are applied to the data signal lines. While these signals are applied to the scanning signal lines and the data signal lines, liquid crystal application signals are applied to the liquid crystal layer via the two-terminal devices.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition including (A) 50-90 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin including (a) 3-30 weight % of stereoblock polypropylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000-1,000,000, a percentage of five continuous propylene monomer units in which all propylene bonds are meso bonds and a percentage of five continuous propylene monomer units in which all propylene bonds are racemic bonds being 70% or more and 5% or more, respectively relative to the all propylene bonds, and (b) 70-97 weight % of an ultra-high stereospecific polypropylene having a melt flow rate of 0.1-1,000 g/10 minutes, an average meso chain length Nm calculated from a triad percentage determined from .sup.13 C-NMR spectrum by the following formula of Nm=2[mm]/[mr]+1, wherein [mm] is (isotactic triad/total triad).times.100 (%) and [mr] is (heterotactic triad/total triad).times.100 (%), meeting a relation of Nm>250+29.

Abstract: The polypropylene composition of the present invention comprises polypropylene and a rubber component, and has the following characteristics that(i) the melt flow rate (MFR: 230.degree. C., 2.16 kg load), as measured in accordance with ASTM D1238, is not less than 8 g/10 min,(ii) the flexural modulus (FM), as measured in accordance with ASTM D790, is not less than 20,000 kg/cm.sup.2,(iii) the Izod impact strength (IZ), as measured in accordance with ASTM D256, is not less than 20 kg.cm/cm,(iv) the heat deflection temperature (HDT), as measured in accordance with ASTM D648, is not lower than 135.degree. C.

Abstract: Propylene polymer compositions of the present invention comprising a specific propylene block copolymer, specific ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber, specific ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer rubber, specific ethylene-butene-1 copolymer rubber, and talc in specific proportions are provided. The propylene polymer compositions of the invention are capable of providing therefrom molded products excellent in balance between stiffness and impact resistance, and having high surface hardness with excellent scratch resistance.

Abstract: A resin composition for an automobile bumper comprising components (A), (B), and (C) described below:(A) 45 to 74% by weight of a crystalline ethylene-propylene block copolymer having (a) a flexural modulus of 15,000 kg/cm.sup.2 or more, (b) an ethylene content of 5 to 20% by weight, (c) an intrinsic viscosity (decalin, 135.degree. C.) of a portion soluble in p-xylene at room temperature of 3 or more, (d) a melt flow index (MI) of 21 to 70 g/10 min., and (e) a content of a portion insoluble in boiling n-heptane of 97% by weight or more;(B) 21 to 35% by weight of elastomer selected from the group consisting of components (I), (II) and (III) and having a weight ratio of (I) : [(I)+(II)+(III)] of from 0.5 to 1.0, (a) said component (1) being an amorphous ethylene-butene copolymer having a butene content of 10 to 25% by weight and a Mooney viscosity value, (ML.sub.1+4, 100.degree. C.