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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shintaro Usui, Tokyo, JP;
Minako Ikeshita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 29/04 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 29/04 (2013.01); B32B 27/06 (2013.01); B32B 27/20 (2013.01); B32B 27/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an alkali earth metal compound; and (C) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (C) is present in an amount of 0.00001 to 10 ppm based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition; wherein the ratio (B)/(C) of the weight of the alkali earth metal compound (B) on a metal basis to the weight of the sorbic acid ester (C) is 10 to 30,000. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is less susceptible to coloration.