A resin sheet includes an epoxy resin including an epoxy resin oligomer and an epoxy resin monomer; a curing agent; and an inorganic filler, wherein a content of the inorganic filler is more than 30% by volume but less than 80% by volume.

A food or beverage container coating composition, coated article, and method of coating, wherein the coating composition comprises: a film-forming polymer; and a resole phenolic resin comprising the reaction product of components comprising an aldehyde and a phenol group-containing compound, wherein the phenol group-containing compound comprises one or more phenyl rings (preferably, two or more phenyl rings), at least two hydroxy groups, each of which is directly bonded to the one or more phenyl rings, and at least four (preferably, at least five) open sites ortho and/or para to the hydroxy groups; wherein the composition is thermally curable.

A food or beverage container coating composition, coated article, and method of coating, wherein the coating composition comprises: a film-forming polymer; and a resole phenolic resin comprising the reaction product of components comprising an aldehyde and a phenol group-containing compound, wherein the phenol group-containing compound comprises one or more phenyl rings (preferably, two or more phenyl rings), at least two hydroxy groups, each of which is directly bonded to the one or more phenyl rings, and at least four (preferably, at least five) open sites ortho and/or para to the hydroxy groups; wherein the composition is thermally curable.

Provided is a rubber composition capable of improving fuel efficiency and wet performance of a tire, the rubber composition comprising: a rubber component (A) containing 50 mass % or more of natural rubber; a compatible resin (B); and an incompatible resin (C), the compatible resin (B) being different in SP value from the rubber component (A) by 1.5 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2 or less, the incompatible resin (C) being different in SP value from the rubber component (A) by more than 1.5 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2, in which the total compounding amount of the compatible resin (B) and the incompatible resin (C) is 10 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A).

Provided is a rubber composition capable of improving fuel efficiency and wet performance of a tire, the rubber composition comprising: a rubber component (A) containing 50 mass % or more of natural rubber; a compatible resin (B); and an incompatible resin (C), the compatible resin (B) being different in SP value from the rubber component (A) by 1.5 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2 or less, the incompatible resin (C) being different in SP value from the rubber component (A) by more than 1.5 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2, in which the total compounding amount of the compatible resin (B) and the incompatible resin (C) is 10 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A).

Provided is an epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent, in which the epoxy resin contains a multimeric compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IA) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IB), the multimeric compound contains a dimeric compound containing two structural units represented by the following Formula (II) in one molecule, and a ratio of the dimeric compound is from 15% by mass to 28% by mass with respect to the epoxy resin as a whole. ##STR00001##

Provided is an epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent, in which the epoxy resin contains a multimeric compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IA) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IB), the multimeric compound contains a dimeric compound containing two structural units represented by the following Formula (II) in one molecule, and a ratio of the dimeric compound is from 15% by mass to 28% by mass with respect to the epoxy resin as a whole. ##STR00001##

Provided is an epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent, in which the epoxy resin contains a multimeric compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IA) and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (IB), the multimeric compound contains a dimeric compound containing two structural units represented by the following Formula (II) in one molecule, and a ratio of the dimeric compound is from 15% by mass to 28% by mass with respect to the epoxy resin as a whole. ##STR00001##

A rubber composition comprises at least one phenol-aldehyde resin based on: at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two OH groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the OH groups being unsubstituted; and at least one aldehyde of formula W: ##STR00001##
wherein each Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 group represents, independently of one another, an optionally substituted aromatic ring; and wherein SP is a connecting group that connects at least the Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 groups to one another, SP separating the Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 groups by at least 2 covalent bonds.

A rubber composition comprises at least one phenol-aldehyde resin based on: at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two OH groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the OH groups being unsubstituted; and at least one aldehyde of formula W: ##STR00001##
wherein each Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 group represents, independently of one another, an optionally substituted aromatic ring; and wherein SP is a connecting group that connects at least the Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 groups to one another, SP separating the Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 groups by at least 2 covalent bonds.