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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Masahiro Sasagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Hisasue, Yokohama, JP;
Katsumi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Nakajima, Fujisawa, JP;
Masahiro Sasagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Takayama, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Hisasue, Yokohama, JP;
Katsumi Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Nakajima, Fujisawa, JP;
Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a hydrogenated copolymer obtained by hydrogenating an unhydrogenated copolymer comprising conjugated diene monomer units and vinyl aromatic monomer units, the unhydrogenated copolymer having at least one polymer block (H) of vinyl aromatic monomer units, wherein the hydrogenated copolymer has the following characteristics (1) to (5): (1) a content of the vinyl aromatic monomer units of from more than 60% by weight to less than 90% by weight, based on the weight of the hydrogenated copolymer; (2) a content of the polymer block (H) of from 1 to 40% by weight, based on the weight of the unhydrogenated copolymer; (3) a weight average molecular weight of from more than 100,000 to 1,000,000; (4) a hydrogenation ratio of 85% or more, as measured with respect to the double bonds in the conjugated diene monomer units; and (5) substantially no crystallization peak observed at −50 to 100° C. in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) chart obtained with respect to the hydrogenated copolymer.