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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Kaoru Ikeda, Kurashiki, JP;
Masakazu Nakaya, Houston, TX (US);
Kazuhiro Kurosaki, Kurashiki, JP;
Tomoyuki Watanabe, Kurashiki, JP;
Kaoru Ikeda, Kurashiki, JP;
Masakazu Nakaya, Houston, TX (US);
Kazuhiro Kurosaki, Kurashiki, JP;
Tomoyuki Watanabe, Kurashiki, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A shaped article including a modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C), wherein the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) is a product obtained by modifying an unmodified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) with an epoxy compound (B) having a double bond and has a degree of modification with the epoxy compound (B) of 0.1 to 10 mol % based on the monomer units of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), and at least a part of the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) is crosslinked, and the gel fraction of the shaped article is 3% by weight or more. Thereby, a shaped article which contains almost no harmful crosslinking agent and which is excellent in hot water resistance, heat resistance and a gas barrier property is provided.