A polypropylene resin composition according to the present invention contains 1 to 41 parts by mass of fibrous basic magnesium sulfate, 50 to 98 parts by mass of a propylene polymer, 0.02 to 1.6 parts by mass of a lubricant, and less than 0.5 times the amount of the basic magnesium sulfate and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of an acid-modified elastomer.

To provide a waterproof sheet for civil engineering, having sufficient strength and elongation even at a low temperature of about −10° C. and having excellent adhesiveness to a structure such as a tunnel. Disclosed is a waterproof sheet for civil engineering, which has a layer (A) including a composition containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (a1) and a thermoplastic resin (a2) other than the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (a1), and a silica-containing layer containing silica, wherein the content of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (a1) in the composition is 30 to 95% by mass, the content of the thermoplastic resin (a2) is 5 to 70% by mass, and the absolute value of the difference between the SP value of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (a1) and the SP value of the thermoplastic resin (a2) is less than 0.70 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2.

Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic molding composition, including: a) 30 to 99.85 wt % of at least one thermoplastic polyamide as component A; b) 0.1 to 10 wt % of at least one polyhydric alcohol having more than 6 hydroxyl groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 2000 g/mol as component B; c) 0.05 to 3 wt % of at least one sterically hindered phenol antioxidant as component C; d) 0 to 3 wt % of at least one polycarboxylic compound having more than 3 carboxylic acid groups and/or carboxylate groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 300 g/mol as component D; e) 0 to 50 wt % of at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler as component E; and f) 0 to 25 wt % of further additives as component F; where the total of wt % of components A to F is 100 wt %.

This is to achieve low temperature toughness in a blow molded product, blow molding properties such as mold transferability, suppression of burning, suppression of surface unevenness, drawdown property and dimensional stability of the blow molded product, and blister resistance in combination.

A polyamide resin composition of the present invention comprises 60 to 85% by mass of a polyamide resin (A), 20% by mass or more of an olefin-based ionomer (B) and 5 to 20% by mass of an impact resistant material (C) in 100% by mass of the polyamide resin composition, and contains 20% by mass or more of an aliphatic copolymerized polyamide (A-1) in 100% by mass of the polyamide resin (A).

A method of melt blending a flame-retardant composition includes the steps: (a) heating a polymeric brominated flame retardant to a temperature of 5° C. or greater above the polymeric brominated flame retardants glass transition temperature as measured by Differential Scanning calorimetry, wherein the polymeric brominated flame retardant has a Temperature of 5% Mass Loss from 300° C. to 700° C. as measured according to Thermogravimetric Analysis; (b) mixing a polyolefin into the polymeric brominated flame retardant after step (a); and (c) mixing an inorganic filler into the polyolefin and polymeric brominated flame retardant after step (b) to form the flame-retardant composition.

Provided is a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition that can form a molded article having both good appearance and high stiffness. The method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprises the following first step and second step, wherein the produced thermoplastic elastomer composition contains 5 mass % or less of a mineral oil (C): first step: a step of melt-kneading polypropylene (A-1) and an ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B) in the presence of an organic peroxide, the polypropylene (A-1) being polypropylene of which 20° C. xylene insoluble fraction has an intrinsic viscosity [η.sub.cxis] of 0.1 dl/g or more and less than 1.5 dl/g; and second step: a step of further adding polypropylene (A-2) of which 20° C. xylene insoluble fraction has an intrinsic viscosity [η.sub.cxis] of 1.5 dl/g or more and 7 dl/g or less, and melt-kneading the resulting mixture.

A product with absorbed gel leaving the exposed surface of such product free of stickiness and/or free of the release of oils in any appreciable amounts.

An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article that is excellent in manufacturability, eliminates odor by exerting a high adsorbing effect on odorous organic matter originally contained in packaging materials and odor generated by the decomposition, etc. of resins constituting packages during disinfection/sterilization treatment such as UV irradiation, hot packing, boiling, γ ray irradiation, or EB irradiation, is less likely to desorb the odor once adsorbed and capable of efficiently adsorbing odor and therefore exerts a high adsorbing effect over a long period without reducing the ability to adsorb odor, and is excellent in resistance to change in taste and odor of contents, and an odor-adsorbing molded article prepared from the resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article. The present invention provides a resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article comprising at least thermoplastic resin A and an odor adsorbent material, wherein the odor adsorbent material comprises hydrophobic zeolite having a SiO.sub.2/Al.sub.2O.sub.3 molar ratio of 30/1 to 8000/1, and a melt flow rate of the thermoplastic resin A is 5 g/min or more and 100 g/min or less, and an odor-adsorbing molded article prepared from the resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article.

Disclosed are ethylene polymer compositions containing a homogeneously-branched first ethylene polymer component and 15-35 wt. % of a homogeneously-branched second ethylene polymer component of higher density than the first ethylene polymer component. The ethylene polymer composition can be characterized by a density from 0.912 to 0.925 g/cm.sup.3, a ratio of Mw/Mn from 2 to 5, a melt index less than 2 g/10 min, and a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.35 to 0.7. These polymer compositions have the excellent dart impact strength and optical properties of a metallocene-catalyzed LLDPE, but with improved machine direction tear resistance, and can be used in blown film and other end-use applications. Further, methods for improving film Elmendorf tear strength also are described.

An ethylene-α-olefin copolymer capable of implementing formation of a film having excellent slipperiness and suppressed fish eyes, a method of producing the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, an ethylene-based resin composition containing the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, and a film containing the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer or the ethylene-based resin composition. An ethylene-α-olefin copolymer according to the present invention has: a monomer unit (1) based on ethylene; and a monomer unit (2) based on an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein a branching parameter is 0.70 to 0.90, and a light scattering area ratio is 1.60 to 3.60.