Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Ube Industries, Inc.

Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Unitika Ltd.

Yuji Munesawa

Koji Nakamura

Tomoharu Nishioka

Atsushi Funaki

Haruhisa Masuda

Eiichi Nishi

Takashi Yamashita

Kozo Tamura

Tetsuya Hara

Tsugunori Kashimura

Tsuyoshi Iwasa

Koichi Warino

Koichi Uchida

Arihiro Anada

Yoshio Iwata

A multilayer tube including at least three layers including a layer (a) formed of (A) polyamide 11 and/or polyamide 12, a layer (b) formed of (B) a polyamide (semi-aromatic polyamide) including a dicarboxylic acid unit containing a terephthalic acid and/or naphthalenedicarboxylic acid unit in a proportion of 50 mol % or more based on all dicarboxylic acid units, and a diamine unit containing an aliphatic diamine unit having a carbon number of 9 to 13 in a proportion of 60 mol % or more based on all diamine units, and a layer (c) formed of (C) a fluorine-containing polymer having introduced into the molecular chain thereof a functional group having reactivity with a polyamide-based resin, is provided as a multilayer tube excellent in an alcohol gasoline permeation-preventing property, interlayer adhesion, low-temperature impact resistance, heat resistance and chemical resistance.

Multilayer tube

A multi-layer structure excellent in the barrier properties against alcohol gasoline, particularly hydrocarbon components, and also excellent in the interlayer adhesion, low-temperature impact resistance, heat resistance and chemical resistance is provided. The stractive is a multi-layer structure comprising two or more layers including at least a layer (a) comprising (A) nylon 11 and/or nylon 12 and a layer (b) comprising (B) a polyamide resin (nylon 9T) consisting of a dicarboxylic acid component and a-diamine component, with 60 to 100 mol % of the dicarboxylic acid component being a terephthalic acid and 60 to 100 mol % of the diamine component being a diamine component selected from 1,9-nonanediamine and 2-methyl-1,8-octanediamine, and preferably further including a layer (c) comprising (A) nylon 11 and/or nylon 12 or (C) nylon 6.

Multi-layer structure

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Tsukuba, Japan

Yuji Munesawa