Polyplastics Co., Ltd.

Eiki Kunimoto

Hajime Serizawa

Hirotaka Miyazaki

A cyclic olefin resin film which has heat resistance and improved brittleness. A heat-resistant transparent film which has an internal haze value of 1.0% or less and contains a cyclic olefin resin having a refractive index of n1 and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 170&#xb0; C. or more and a styrene elastomer that has a refractive index of n2 so that &#x394;n=|n2&#x2212;n1| is 0.012 or less. The heat-resistant transparent film may contain two or more kinds of styrene elastomers, and the cyclic olefin resin may be a copolymer of norbornene and ethylene.

Transparent film

An antihazing agent for noncrystalline cycloolefin resins which can inhibit the hazing of the resins due to fine cracking caused by environmental change, particularly, environmental change from high temperature and humidity atmosphere to ordinary temperature and humidity atmosphere without losing the characteristics inherent in the resins to keep the transparency of the resins and inhibit the light transmittance thereof from lowering; noncrystalline cycloolefin resin compositions containing the agent; and optical elements made from the compositions. A compound component containing a metal rosinate as the main component is used as the antihazing agent for noncrystalline cycloolefin resins. It is particularly preferable that the antihazing agent further contain one or more members selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, and Group 12 metal salts.

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Eiki Kunimoto