Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Yoshinari Tanaka

Takuji Okaya

Takeshi Moritani

Akimasa Aoyama

Kenji Satoh

Junnosuke Yamauchi

Tohei Moritani

Makoto Shiraishi

Kiyoshi Yonezu

Toshiyuki Akazawa

Haruyoshi Anzawa

There is provided a laminate structure comprising (A) a layer of saponified product of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and (B) a layer of hydrophobic thermoplastic resin, with (C) a bonding interlayer placed therebetween which comprises a composition of (X) a polymer of ethylene-acrylate ester-ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof and (Y) a polymer of ethylene-acrylate ester. The laminate is superior in interlaminar adhesion and gas barrier properties, and is suitable for food packaging.

Laminate structure and production of the same

There is provided a coating material made of a saponification product of a modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer containing a cross-linkable olefinically unsaturated monomer. The saponification product is characterized by its intrinsic viscosity not greater than 0.7 dl/g which is measured at 20.degree. C. using phenol containing 15 wt % of water as a solvent. This polymer is readily soluble in solvents, and the resulting solution can have concentration as high as 20 to 50 wt % and provide coating film which is as strong as that obtained from the conventional EVOH having a high degree of polymerization.

Coating material

A multi-layered packaging container superior in crack resistance, said container being made up of an outer layer of thermoplastic resin and an inner layer of saponified product of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer characterized in that the ethylene content is 25 to 60 mole %, the degree of saponification of the vinyl acetate component is higher than 96 mole %, the melt viscosity index is lower than 1, the specific gravity (d) is in the range specified by the formula (1) below, and Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are in the range specified by the formula (2) below:

Container superior in crack resistance

A melt molding material which comprises a saponified product of a silicon-containing ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. When this melt molding material is formed into a sheet, said sheet is excellent in extensibility and thus suitable for deep forming. The decrease in gas barrier properties is small even under high moisture conditions, and its stress cracking resistance is excellent.

Saponified products of silicon-containing ethylene-vinyl acetate

Cationic emulsions are obtained by the emulsion polymerization or copolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as vinyl acetate, etc. in the presence of a cationic group-modified polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Typical cationic group-modified PVA are the modified PVA's which contain a copolymeric unit having one of the following formulas: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is H or lower alkyl; B is ##STR2## R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each lower alkyl (substituted or unsubstituted) and X is an anion forming a salt with the ammonium N; and A is an inert bivalent organic group linking the N atom in B to the N atom in the amide group; ##STR3## wherein, in formulas (II) and (III), R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each H, lower alkyl or phenyl; R.sup.8 is lower alkyl; and Y is an anion forming a salt with the imidazolinium N atom. Particularly desirable are the cationic group-modified PVA's containing the copolymeric unit (I) wherein A is ##STR4## R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each is methyl and X is chlorine, or wherein R.sup.1 is methyl, A is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 in B are each methyl and X is chlorine, and cationic group-modified PVA's containing the copolymeric unit (II) or (III) wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.8 are each methyl and R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each hydrogen. The polymers of these cationic emulsion have superior binding properties to substrates such as pulp fibers, textile fibers, glass, and the like.

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Yoshinari Tanaka