IP Library Granted Patent US 8,039,114
Granted Patent B2
US 8,039,114 · App. 12/349,774 · Granted Oct 18, 2011

Resin composition and multilayer structure using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,039,114
App. No.
12/349,774
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is disclosed that a resin composition comprising EVOH resin (A), polyamide resin (B) and inorganic salt (C) capable of forming a hydrate wherein the content amount of the inorganic salt (C) is in the range of 2 to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the EVOH resin (A), and the mass ratio ((B)/(C)) of the polyamide resin (B) to the inorganic salt (C) is in the range of 95/5 to 5/95. The resin composition exhibits excellent gas barrier property and less elution of EVOH resin even after hot water treatment, and excellent long-run processability.

Claims (14)

1. A resin composition comprising a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), a polyamide resin (B), and an inorganic salt (C) capable of forming a hydrate,

wherein the content amount of the inorganic salt (C) is in the range of 2 to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), and the mass ratio ((B)/(C)) of the polyamide resin (B) to the inorganic salt (C) is in the range of 95/5 to 5/95.

2. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic salt (C) is a dehydrated inorganic salt obtained by drying an inorganic salt tri- to decahydrate.

3. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic salt (C) is a phosphoric acid salt capable of forming a hydrate.

4. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the ethylene content of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) is in the range of 20 to 60% by mol.

5. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a saponification degree of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) is in the range of 90 to 100 mol %.

6. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein MFR (210° C., loading: 2160 g) of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) is in the range of 0.5 to 100 g/10minutes.

7. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) is a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.

8. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content amount of the polyamide resin (B) is in the range of 1 to 25 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A).

9. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the polyamide resin (B) is in the range 3 to 8 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A).

10. A multilayer structure comprising at least one layer of the resin composition claimed in claim 1 .

11. A multilayer structure according to claim 10 , wherein a hydrocarbon resin-containing layer exists on at least one side of the layer of the resin composition claimed in claim 1 .

12. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content amount of the inorganic salt (C) is in the range of 2 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A).

13. A resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of the polyamide resin (B) to the inorganic salt (C) is in the range of 60/40 to 30/70.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded May 2, 2019
From: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049110/0285 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046980/0539 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047520/0917 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES OF THE ASSIGNORS, WHICH WERE REVERSED, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 024067 FRAME 0959. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE NAMES OF THE ASSIGNORS SHOULD BE "MASUMOTO, HIROKI" AND "YAMADA, KOUJI" AS NOTED ON THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 23, 2011
From: MASUMOTO, HIROKI; YAMADA, KOUJI
To: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026790/0566 →