Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Daichi Nishimura

Shintaro Usui

Minako Ikeshita

Takuya Nakajima

Keisuke Takeshita

Koji Yamada

Ryohei Komuro

Masahiko Taniguchi

Makoto Hatanaka

A molding material comprising a pellet group of at least 20 saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer pellets, wherein at least 95% of the pellets have a surface that is substantially a single closed surface, and when a maximum outer diameter of a pellet is taken as a long diameter and a minimum diameter in a cross section having the greatest area among the cross sections perpendicular to the long diameter is taken as a short diameter, the average value of the long diameter/short diameter ratio of at least 20 pellets taken from the pellet group is 1.6 or less and the standard deviation of the long diameter/short diameter ratio of the at least 20 pellets is 0.13 or less.

Molding material comprising a group of saponified ethylene-vinyl ester-based copolymer pellets and molding method using same

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) a compound containing a conjugated polyene structure; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 20 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is less susceptible to coloration and is excellent in heat stability.

Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition, pellets, and multilayer structure

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) a long Periodic Table 4th-period d-block metal compound; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 5 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition exhibits improved impact resistance and heat stability (color tone deterioration-suppressing effect and coloration-suppressing effect).

Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition, ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition for melt forming, pellets, and multilayer structure

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer including two or more types of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers having different ethylene structural unit contents; and (B) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (B) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 5 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is substantially free from coloration and excellent in heat stability.

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an antioxidant; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 20 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is excellent in degradation resistance.

Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition, pellets, multilayer structure, and multilayer pipe

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is substantially free from coloration, and contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) a polyamide resin; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 20 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition.

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) a styrene derivative; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 5 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition has ultraviolet absorbability even without a known ultraviolet-absorbing agent blended therein, and is excellent in heat stability and reduced susceptibility to coloration.

A melt-formable ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an alkali metal compound; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the weight ratio of the alkali metal compound (B) to the iron compound (C) on a metal basis is 10 to 100,000. The viscosity of the melt-formable ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition decreases with time during melt forming, rendering it excellent in long-run formability.

Melt-formable ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition, pellets, and multilayer structure

A melt-formable ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition and a multilayer structure are substantially free from heat coloration. The melt-formable ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an alkali earth metal compound; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 20 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition.

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is provided, which contains an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and an iron compound, wherein the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer has an ethylene content of 20 to 60 mol %, wherein the iron compound is present in a proportion of 0.01 to 100 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition.

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