Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising a graft polymer obtainable by free-radical polymerization, a vinyl (co)polymer and optionally resins chosen from the group consisting of polycarbonates, polyester-carbonates, polyesters and polyamides, characterized in that the preparation of the graft polymer A) is carried out by a procedure in which before the start of the grafting polymerization reaction the rubber latex is brought to a pH of 9 to 11, the redox initiator components are employed in amounts of 0.1 to 2.5 wt. % (based on the monomers metered in) and during the entire grafting polymerization reaction the pH should not exceed a value of 11.0 and should not fall below a value of 8.8 and the pH remains constant during the reaction within a range of variation of ±0.5 units, and the temperature difference between the start and end of the reaction is at least 10° C.

Abstract: An impact resistance-modified polymer composition containing

Abstract: A precoated skin material for an automobile interior part comprising (a) a skin material for an automobile interior part and (b) a one-pack type thermally crosslinkable polymer composition comprising (i) a thermoplastic olefinic polymer having a carboxylic acid group or an acid anhydride group, (ii) a latent curing agent, (iii) a carbonyl compound as a solvent and (iv) a tackifier, which composition is coated on the back surface of the skin material, wherein the latent curing agent is a solid polyamine having a melting point of 80 to 200° C. which form hydrolyzable reaction products by a condensation reaction with the carbonyl compound used as the solvent, or a hydrolyzable reaction product of a diamine with a carbonyl compound.

Abstract: A weatherseal or belt-line seal for a vehicle is formed by extrusion of an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer or vulcanizate (first TPV) as an elongate body of arbitrary length and cross-section. The cross-section is adapted for use in a particular location in the opening of a structure to be protected against wind and rain, for example around the glass of a window in a vehicle's door, or around the opening (at the periphery) in which the door is closed, so as to present at least one sealing surface against which the glass or door may be abutted to provide a seal against the elements. A slip-coating is co-extruded onto one or more longitudinal sealing surfaces of the body; the slip-coating contains a novel compatibilizer which allows thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to be chemically bonded to a graft copolymer of polypropylene (PP) and a compound having two anhydride groups. The reaction product of the grafted PP and the TPU effects a thermal bond with the sealing surface of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition containing the following components (A), and (B) or optionally, (C), (D), and (E):

Abstract: The molding composition comprises components A to C and, if desired, D: a: as component A, from 20 to 94% by weight of a hard component made from one or more copolymers of styrene and/or &agr;-methylstyrene with acrylonitrile, where the proportion of acrylonitrile is from 10 to 50% by weight, b: from 5 to 70% by weight of at least one graft copolymer B, made from b1: as component B1, from 10 to 90% by weight of at least one elastomeric particulate graft base with a glass transition temperature below 0° C., and b2: as component B2, from 10 to 90% by weight of at least one graft made from a copolymer of styrene and/or &agr;-methylstyrene with acrylonitrile, where the proportion of acrylonitrile is from 10 to 50% by weight, c: as component C, from 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesion promoting agent which includes a graft copolymer formed by a halogenated polyolefin polymer with at least one reactive functionality and a substantially saturated hydrocarbon polymer having more than one reactive functionality. At least one reactive functionality of the saturated hydrocarbon polymer is reactive with the reactive functionality of the halogenated polyolefin to form the graft copolymer of the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides a binder resin and a primer composition, paint composition, ink composition an adhesive composition with excellent gasohol resistance, adherence, weather resistance, etc. to polyolefinic resins and relates to a binder resin for polyolefinic resins comprising carboxyl group-containing chlorinated polyolefin (II), which contains not more than 2% of a component with molecular weight of 2,000 or lower and which has a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn), that is the value Mw/Mn of not more than 4.

Abstract: A molding which comprises the following components: (I) from 60 to 96.5 parts by weight of polyamide; (II) from 3 to 39.5 parts by weight of an impact-modifying component which contains anhydride groups, (III) from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a copolymer which contains units of the monomers: (a) &agr;-olefin, (b) acrylic compound, and also (c) olefinically unsaturated epoxide, carboxylic anhydride, carboximide, oxazoline or oxazinone, where the total of the parts by weight of components I, II, and III is 100, and where moreover the polyamide has an excess of amino end groups, has improved low-temperature impact strength, even if the molding composition also comprises a plasticizer.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention lies in providing a resin composition which enables water vapor permeability to be controlled over a broad range while maintaining a high gas permeability, together with molded articles or packaging materials comprising said composition, in particular a packaging material for foodstuffs like fruit and vegetables. A thermoplastic resin composition which is characterized in that a polymer (A) containing polyether chains as structural units, polyethylene (B) of density as specified in JIS K6760 of less than 0.91 g/cm3 and a compatibilizing agent (C) are blended together in proportions by weight of A/B/C=99.5 to 0.5/0.5 to 99.5/0 to 30 (where A+B+C=100); and molded articles comprising said composition, in particular a packaging material for vegetables and fruit cultivation or foodstuffs storage.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions prepared from a first oligomer containing reactive functional groups capable of reaction at effective rates (at normal processing temperatures) with a co-reactive second component possessing functionality that is complementary to that of the first oligomer. The compositions may be used as coatings, including hard surface coatings, clear coatings, powder coatings and pattern coatings; as adhesives, including pressure sensitive adhesives and hot melt adhesives; as sealants; as optical coatings; as blown microfibers (BMF); as high refractive index optical materials; as barrier films; in microreplication; as low adhesion backsizes, (LABs) and as release coatings.

Abstract: The blends comprise (a) thermoplastic polyurethane having a Shore hardness of from 60 A to 50 D and (b) ethylene-propylene (EPM) rubbers and/or modified ethylene-propylene (EPM) rubbers, where the weight ratio of (a):(b) is from 3:1 to 999:1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible polyamide composition containing at least 50 parts by weight of non-cross-linked rubber per 50 parts by weight of polyamide and the production thereof. The polyamide has a molecular weight such that the melt viscosity at the processing temperature is at most 300 pa.s, preferably at most 200 pa.s. The rubber's Mooney viscosity is at least 40, most preferable is a rubber with a Mooney viscosity of at least 60. The rubber has been functionalized. Preferably a combination of a functionalized and a non-functionalized rubber is used. The rubber particles in the polyamide matrix have a particle size of at most 5 &mgr;m, preferably at most 3 &mgr;m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a member of nylon 12 having a relative viscosity of from 1.9 to 3.5 when measured in 98% sulfuric acid at a concentration of 10 g/dm3 and at 25° C. and a melt flow rate of 0.1 g/10 min. or more when measured at 235° C. under a load of 2,160 g, wherein said relative viscosity and said melt flow rate have a relationship of the following formula (I): 2.87×103 exp (−3.48 &eegr;r)≦MFR≦3.25×104 exp (−3.48 &eegr;r)  (I) wherein &eegr;r is relative viscosity and MFR is melt flow rate. The nylon 12 has excellent extrusion moldability and creep characteristics, fatigue characteristics and the like mechanical properties and is suited for tubular molds. A nylon 12 composition comprising the nylon 12 having the above-described specific relationship between &eegr;r and MFR and a plasticizer is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a member of nylon 12 having a relative viscosity of from 1.9 to 3.5 when measured in 98% sulfuric acid at a concentration of 10 g/dm3 and at 25° C. and a melt flow rate of 0.1 g/10 min. or more when measured at 235° C. under a load of 2,160 g, wherein said relative viscosity and said melt flow rate have a relationship of the following formula (I): 2.87×103 exp(−3.48 &eegr;r)≦MFR≦3.25×104 exp(−3.48 &eegr;r)  (I) wherein &eegr;r is relative viscosity and MFR is melt flow rate. The nylon 12 has excellent extrusion moldability and creep characteristics, fatigue characteristics and the like mechanical properties and is suited for tubular molds. A nylon 12 composition comprising the nylon 12 having the above-described specific relationship between &eegr;r and MFR and a plasticizer is also disclosed.

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Abstract: Oxygen barrier polyamide compositions exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability suitable for extended shelf-life, packaging applications. Thus a polyamide composition comprises a polyamide homopolymer, copolymer, or blends thereof, and at least one polyamide reactive, oxidizable polydiene or oxidizable polyether. The polyamide products are particularly suited to making barrier packaging articles such as monolayer or multi-layer films, sheets, thermoformed containers and coinjection/coextrusion blow molded bottles comprising PET, polyolefin or polycarbonate as structural layers. Such articles are useful in a variety of oxygen-sensitive food, beverage, pharmaceutical and health care product packaging applications.

Abstract: Oxygen scavenging barrier polyamide compositions exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability as well as good coinjection stretch blow moldability characteristics suitable for making multilayer PET bottles with good clarity and delamination resistance are claimed in this invention. The polyamide compositions of this invention comprise a slow crystallizing polyamide blend comprising (i) an amorphous, semiaromatic polyamide homopolymer, copolymer or mixture thereof and (ii) a semicrystalline, aliphatic polyamide homopolymer, copolymer or mixture thereof wherein in the weight ratio of (i):(ii) ranges from about 99:1 to about 30:70; at least one polyamide-compatible, oxidizable polydiene; and at least one oxidation promoting metal salt catalyst. The multilayer PET bottles, made with the polyamide compositions of this invention as the barrier layer, are suitable for extended shelf-life packaging of oxygen-sensitive food and beverage products such as beer and juices.

Abstract: Cyclodextrin polymers are nitrated to provide novel nitrate esters of cyclodextrin polymers which are useful for encapsulating explosives to provides energetic compositions of reduced sensitivity; a new method for the preparation of cyclodextrin polymers is provided.

Abstract: A means to improve thermoplastic formulations in terms of the physical properties they exhibit, such as impact strength and ductility, have been developed. The addition of a block chlorinated polyolefin (b-CPO) to polymer blends in which at least one component comprises a halogen-free hydrogen-bond acceptor polymer, achieves the desired enhancement. The synergetic effect of the b-CPO with the selected polymer blend is demonstrated. Blends of thermoplastic polyurethanes, polycarbonates, copolyesters and copolyamides with a blend partner such as thermoplastic polyolefins, styrenic copolymers such as styrene acrylonitrile copolymers, styrene ethylene butylene styrene copolymers, high rubber graft copolymers such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymers, methylmethacrylate butadiene styrene copolymers and the b-CPO have enhanced ductility and impact resistance. The addition of 0.5 wt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antistatic composition having improved impact strength behaviour, comprising, per 100 parts by weight: 95 to 80 parts of (A)+(C), 5 to 20 parts of (B), (A) being an acrylic polymer, (B) being a copolymer containing polyamide blocks and polyether blocks essentially comprising ethylene oxide —(C2H4—O)— units, (C) being a polymer chosen from acrylic impact modifiers, low-mass copolymers (C1) of styrene and of an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride, copolymers (C2) of ethylene and of an unsaturated carboxylic anhydride, copolymers (C3) of ethylene and of an unsaturated epoxide, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improvement to conveyors comprising moving elements which slide over fixed elements such that at least one moving element made of a polyamide-based blend (A) slides over a fixed element made of polyacetal and/or such that at least one moving element made of polyacetal slides over a fixed element made of a polyamide-based blend (A).

Abstract: Oxygen scavenging barrier polyamide compositions exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability as well as good coinjection stretch blow moldability characteristics suitable for making multilayer PET bottles with good clarity and delamination resistance are claimed in this invention. The polyamide compositions of this invention comprise a slow crystallizing polyamide blend comprising (i) an amorphous, semiaromatic polyamide homopolymer, copolymer or mixture thereof and (ii) a semicrystalline, aliphatic polyamide homopolymer, copolymer or mixture thereof wherein in the weight ratio of (i):(ii) ranges from about 99:1 to about 30:70; at least one polyamide-compatible, oxidizable polydiene; and at least one oxidation promoting metal salt catalyst. The multilayer PET bottles, made with the polyamide compositions of this invention as the barrier layer, are suitable for extended shelf-life packaging of oxygen-sensitive food and beverage products such as beer and juices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to improve the dampening characteristics of compositions and the improved compositions. The compositions made by the method comprises (a) a polymer system selected from the group consisting of immiscible polymer blends, miscible polymer blends, copolymers, thermoplastic polymers and thermosetting polymers, and (b) a block copolymer comprising: (i) at least one block derived from aromatic vinyl units and (ii) at least one block derived from at least isoprene and a vinyl aromatic monomer and optionally butadiene, and having a glass transition temperature of at least 10° C. In a preferred embodiment, the block copolymer comprises at least one block of polystyrene and at least one block derived from isoprene, styrene and butadiene, and the polymer system comprises at least one polyamide resin.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a hybrid polymer material or system that combines naturally occurring building blocks with synthetic building blocks. The sets of naturally occurring and synthetic building blocks are mixed and joined on a molecular or nanoscopic level to give homogeneous or microphase-separated morphologies to the resulting mixed polymer system. These hybrid polymers combine the comfort attributes of natural materials with the robustness and design properties of synthetic materials.

Abstract: A polyoxymethylene resin composition, having enhanced tensile elongation, thermal stability, processibility and impact resistance, comprises: (i) from 45 to less than 97% % by weight of a polyoxymethylene resin (Component A); (ii) from 1 to less than 20% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester elastomer (Component B); (iii) from 2 to 35% by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (Component C); and (iv) from 0.1 to less than 10% by weight of a maleic anhydride-grafted aliphatic polyolefinic rubbery polymer (Component D), based on the total weight of Components A, B, C and D.

Abstract: The present invention relates to graft polymer which is characterized in that it is formed by graft polymerization of structural units containing. a quaternary ammonium group represented by general formula (A), (R2 and R3 each represent an alkyl group with from 1 to 3 carbons, and R4 represents an alkyl group with from 3 to 18 carbons. X represents at least one type of ion selected from halogen, sulphate, hydroxide and carboxylic acid ions.), preferably to graft polymer where the structural units containing a quaternary ammonium group represented by general formula (A) are structural units which are represented by general formula (I), (R1 represents at least one species selected from hydrogen, the methyl group and the ethyl group, and n represents an integer in the range 1 to 12. A represents at least one species selected from O, S and NR5. R5 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 12 carbons.

Abstract: Oxygen scavenging barrier polyamide compositions exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability as well as good coinjection stretch blow moldability characteristics suitable for making multilayer PET bottles with good clarity and delamination resistance are claimed in this invention. The polyamide compositions of this invention comprise a slow crystallizing polyamide blend comprising (i) an amorphous, semiaromatic polyamide homopolymer, copolymer or mixture thereof and (ii) a semicrystalline, aliphatic polyamide homopolymer, copolymer or mixture thereof wherein in the weight ratio of (i):(ii) ranges from about 99:1 to about 30:70; at least one polyamide-compatible, oxidizable polydiene; and at least one oxidation promoting metal salt catalyst. The multilayer PET bottles, made with the polyamide compositions of this invention as the barrier layer, are suitable for extended shelf-life packaging of oxygen-sensitive food and beverage products such as beer and juices.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polymeric composition including a poly(alkenyl-co-maleimide) and an inorganic salt. Optionally, an extender is included. The composition exhibits good strength and vibration damping properties.

Abstract: Flexible, halogen-free, high frequency-sealable films fabricated from a blend of a copolyamide and a polyolefin having a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride functionality have sufficient copolyamide to yield a DLF of at least 0.05 at a frequency of 27 megahertz and serve as effective substitutes for flexible polyvinyl chloride films. The films may be mono-layer films or multi-layer films, especially where the high frequency-sealable films serve as outer or skin layers in multi-layer films. Products made from such mono-layer and multi-layer films find utility in a number of applications, especially for medical device applications.

Abstract: The rheological properties of a crosslinkable resin system are modified by the presence of a side chain crystalline (SCC) polymer (or a similar crystalline polymer which melts over a narrow temperature range). The polymer dissolves in the curable system at temperatures above the melting point of the crystalline polymer (Tp), but when the system is then cooled to a temperature below Tp, at least partially forms a separate phase in the curable system. Below Tp, this separate phase substantially increases the viscosity of the curable system (i.e. makes it thicker than the same system without the crystalline polymer). This is particularly valuable for sheet molding composites (SMCs) in which the increase in viscosity makes the composites less tacky, and for dry film resists (DFRs). Above Tp, the curable system containing the dissolved crystalline polymer has a viscosity which is substantially less than its viscosity below Tp.

Abstract: The invention provides thermoplastic molding compositions of the ABS type containing highly effective graft rubber components obtained by emulsion polymerization while using a special initiator system and maintaining defined reaction conditions.

Abstract: This invention relates to high molecular weight block copolymers of &egr;-caprolactone and &ohgr;-lauryl lactam prepared by sequential bulk polymerization using a mixture of at least one anionic polymerization initiator and optionally at least one co-initiator. A preferred continuous sequential bulk reactive extrusion process comprises feeding a mixture of &ohgr;-lauryl lactam, at least one anionic polymerization initiator, and at least one co-initiator into the first (i.e., upstream) hopper of an extruder, and thereafter feeding &egr;-caprolactone into a second (i.e., downstream) hopper of the extruder. The preferred continuous sequential bulk reactive extrusion is solvent free, rapid (typical mean and maximum residence times in the extruder being no more than about 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively), and produces a high conversion of monomers to block copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a golf ball and a to a process for forming a golf ball having least one layer, where the layer is formed of a saponified polymer/polyamide blend, having from about 1 to about 99 parts of at least one saponified polymer and from about 99 to 1 parts of at least one polyamide polymer, based on 100 parts by weight of the saponified polymer/polyamide blend. The layer may be foamed or unfoamed, and may form at least a portion of any of the cover, the core, or an intermediate layer situated between the cover and the core.

Abstract: Multilayered moldings, which comprise a laminate structure of (A) a layer of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (hereinafter referred to as PPS resin) composition and (B) a layer of a thermoplastic resin except PPS resins and which are characterized in that the PPS resin composition constituting the layer (A) comprises (A1) 100 parts by weight of a PPS resin, (A2) from 1 to 80 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin having at least one functional group selected from epoxy groups, acid anhydride groups, carboxyl group and its salts, and carboxylate groups, and (A3) from 5 to 80 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin that is similar in kind to the thermoplastic resin constituting the layer (B), have good hot water resistance, antifreeze resistance, chemical resistance, heat resistance, abrasion resistance, gas permeation resistance and interlayer adhesion.

Abstract: Oxygen barrier films exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability suitable for extended shelf-life, packaging applications. These films comprise a polyamide homopolymer, copolymer, or blends thereof; an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer; an oxidizable polydiene; and at least one metal salt catalyst. These films are particularly suited to making high barrier, retortable packaging structures such as pouches, containers etc. Such articles are useful for packaging a variety of oxygen-sensitive foods, beverage, medical and health care products.

Abstract: Structures for transport and containment of hydrocarbon fluids for motorized transportation vehicles are made from a blend of polar-grafted fluoropolymer dispersed in a matrix of polar polymer. The blend can be in a component element of a composite structure.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer alloy comprising a grafted fluorine-containing polymer (a) and a polymer (c) containing no fluorine atom, said grafted fluorine-containing polymer (a) comprising a fluorine-containing polymer (d) having hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms of its main chain and a grafting compound having a linking group capable of grafting to the fluorine-containing polymer (d) and a functional group capable of providing an adhesive property, grafted to the fluorine-containing polymer (d).

Abstract: A three-layer, co-extruded tube has (1) an inner polyamide layer, (2) a middle layer made from (a) a modified polylefin, (b) a broad molecular weight distribution propylene polymer material, (c) a graft copolymer made from a backbone of propylene polymer material to which is grafted a methyl methacrylate/methyl acrylate copolymer or a methyl methacrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer, and (d) an olefin copolymer rubber, and (3) an outer layer made from (a) a broad molecular weight distributation propylene polymer material, (b) a graft copolymer made from a backbone of propylene polymer material to which is grafted a methyl methacrylate/methyl acrylate copolymer or a methyl methacrylate/methacrylic acid copolymer, and (c) an olefin copolymer rubber. The tubing is suitable for fuel systems, high pressure tubing, and other tubing for automotive applications.

Abstract: Thermoplastic elastomers containing hard segments formed from polyalkylenes and soft segments formed from elastomeric polymers near their gelation point are formed. Compositions containing these materials are elastomeric and exhibit excellent damping capabilities over a wide range of temperatures and frequencies.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition containing the following components (A), and (B) or optionally, (C), (D), and (E): (A) an atactic polystyrene or a mixture of an atactic polystyrene and a rubber-like elastic substance: 30 to 95 parts by weight; (B) a syndiotactic polystyrene having a melting point of not higher than 255° C.: 70 to 5 parts by weight; (C) a polyphenylene ether having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.5 deciliter/g or less as measured in chloroform at 25° C.; (D) an inorganic filler; and (E) a polymer having compatibility or affinity with components (A) and (B) and having a polar group. The styrene resin composition exhibits improved solvent resistance and remarkable impact resistance. The composition of the invention is produced by kneading the components within a resin temperature range between the melting point of component (B) and 270° C.

Abstract: The present invention is a blend of a polymeric hydrocarbon and a thermoplastic polyurethane which is compatibilized a polymeric hydrocarbon that contains low concentrations of isocyanate reactive group. The compatibilizer can be prepared by reacting a modified polymer having pendant or incorporated amine-reactive groups with a hydroxyl amine, a diamine, or a polyethermonoamine. The compatibilized blend may further include a non-TPU engineering thermoplastic to form compatible blends of the polymeric hydrocarbon and the non-TPU engineering thermoplastic. In this case, the TPU is used as a co-compatibilizer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multiple layer thermoplastic structure of a (1) skin layer selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, ethylene homopolymers having a density of from about 0.930 g/cc to about 0.960 g/cc, and ethylene homopolymers having a density of from about 0.930 g/cc to about 0.960 g/cc blended with an ethylene and a-olefin copolymers having a density less than about 0.930 g/cc, the skin layer having a thickness of greater than about 3.0 mils; (2) a radio frequency susceptible layer adhered to the skin layer, the radio frequency susceptible layer having a dielectric loss greater than 0.05 at 1-60 MHz and at temperatures of ambient to 250° C.

Abstract: A resin composition useful as an adhesive film and insulating material for a multilayer wiring substrate or electronic parts comprises (A) a polymer containing a quinoline ring represented by the formula (1) in the structure such as 6,6′-bis(2-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-phenylquinoline) and 4,4′-(1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2,2-propylidene)bisphenol, and (B) a bismaleimide compound represented by the formula (2) such as 2,2-bis((4-maleimidophenoxy)phenyl)propane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide-modified polyolefin composition obtainable by heating to react modified polyolefin with weight average molecular weight of not less than 5,000 to not more than 150,000, graft modified so as the content of unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride to become 0.1 to 20 wt. % and polyamide with number average molecular weight of not less than 3,000 to not more than 30,000 at a particular weight ratio. The purpose is to provide a novel chlorine-free modified polyolefin with excellent adherence to polyolefin substrates, with no tack, and also with excellent cohesion.

Abstract: A stretched polyamide film obtained by melt-kneading and extruding a mixed resin (Z) containing a polyamide resin (X) and a modified resin (Y) into a film followed by biaxial stretching, wherein the polyamide resin (X) is obtained from a diamine component containing not less than 70 mol % of a metaxylylenediamine and from a dicarboxylic acid component containing not less than 70 mol % of an &agr;, &ohgr;-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms; the modified resin (Y) is obtained by graft-modifying an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer resin with a maleic anhydride; and the mixed resin (Z) contains from 80 to 99% by weight of the polyamide and from 20 to 1% by weight of the modified resin. The stretched film exhibits not only excellent transparency and gas-barring property but also excellent flexibility and shock resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition based on an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer comprising: 50 to 98% by weight of an EVOH copolymer 1 to 50% by weight of a polyethylene (A) 1 to 15% by weight of a polymer (B) resulting from the reaction (i) of a copolymer (B1) of ethylene and of an unsaturated monomer X grafted or copolymerized with (ii) a polyamide (B2). It also relates to a multilayer structure comprising a layer consisting of this composition. This structure is useful for making packaging. The composition of the invention also adheres well to PET, this property being useful in coinjection to make bioriented preforms.

Abstract: Flexible, halogen-free, high frequency-sealable films fabricated from a blend of a copolyamide and a polyolefin having a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride functionality have sufficient copolyamide to yield a DLF of at least 0.05 at a frequency of 27 megahertz and serve as effective substitutes for flexible polyvinyl chloride films. The films may be mono-layer films or multi-layer films, especially where the high frequency-sealable films serve as outer or skin layers in multi-layer films. Products made from such monolayer and multi-layer films find utility in a number of applications, especially for medical device applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible polyamide composition containing at least 50 parts by weight of non-cross-linked rubber per 50 parts by weight of polyamide and the production thereof. The polyamide has a molecular weight such that the melt viscosity at the processing temperature is at most 300 pa.s, preferably at most 200 pa.s. The rubber's Mooney viscosity is at least 40, most preferable is a rubber with a Mooney viscosity of at least 60. The rubber has been functionalized. Preferably a combination of a functionalized and a non-functionalized rubber is used. The rubber particles in the polyamide matrix have a particle size of at most 5 &mgr;m, preferably at most 3 &mgr;m.

Abstract: Polyamide-based thermoplastic compositions comprising by weight: