Membranes and methods for producing them are disclosed. The membranes comprise a core layer comprising a composite of alternating thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and barrier microlayers, and they comprise at least one cap layer that is bonded to the core layer or a structural layer. In some embodiments, at least the cap layer comprises a polydiene polyol-based TPU. The membrane may further comprise a rubber layer bonded to the cap layer.

The present invention provides a rubber composition for a refrigerant-transporting hose having excellent processability and hose properties, and a refrigerant-transporting hose in which an inner tube is manufactured by using the rubber composition for a refrigerant-transporting hose. A rubber composition for a refrigerant-transporting hose includes at least an inner tube and a reinforcing layer disposed outward of the inner tube, wherein the rubber composition is used for manufacture of the inner tube, the rubber composition including: butyl rubber; a scale-like filler; carbon black; an iodine adsorption number of the carbon black being from 65 to 150 mg/g; a content of the scale-like filler being 20 parts by mass or greater, per 100 parts by mass of the butyl rubber; and a content of the carbon black being 20 parts by mass or greater and less than 50 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the butyl rubber.

A tire comprising an outer tread layer, intermediate sidewall and carcass layers and an innermost air permeation prevention layer: (i) the air permeation prevention (APP) layer having an upper and a lower surface, the layer having a polymer composition exhibiting an air permeation coefficient (APC) of about 2510.sup.12 cc cm/cm.sup.2 sec cmHg (at 30 C.) or less and a Young's modulus of about 1 MPa to about 500 MPa, the polymer composition comprising: (A) at least 10 wt % of at least one thermoplastic resin component having an APC of about 2510.sup.12 cc cm/cm.sup.2 sec cmHg (at 30 C.) or less and a Young's modulus of more than 500 MPa, which is preferably a polyamide resin or mixture, and (B) at least 10 wt % of at least one elastomer component having an APC of more than about 2510.sup.12 cc cm/cm.sup.2 sec cmHg (at 30 C.) and a Young's modulus of not more than 500 MPa, which elastomer component is preferably a halogen-containing rubber or mixture, the total amount (A)+(B) being not less than about 30 wt %, and the elastomer component is a dispersed vulcanized, discontinuous phase in the thermoplastic resin matrix; and (ii) at least one thermoplastic laminate layer bonded to at least said lower surface of the APP layer, the thermoplastic layer comprising a film-forming, semi-crystalline, substantially hydrophobic carbon chain polymer having a glass transition temperature, Tg, of less than about 20 C.

Membranes and methods for producing them are disclosed. The membranes comprise a core layer comprising a composite of alternating thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and barrier microlayers, and they comprise at least one cap layer that is bonded to the core layer or a structural layer. In some embodiments, at least the cap layer comprises a polydiene polyol-based TPU. The membrane may further comprise a rubber layer bonded to the cap layer.

A coating composition for a food or beverage can that includes an emulsion polymerized latex polymer formed by combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component with an aqueous dispersion of a water-dispersible polymer.

The present invention provides a gas storage device. In an embodiment, the gas storage device includes a cylinder with opposing ends. An endcap is present at each end. The cylinder and the endcaps form an enclosure. Each endcap includes a connector. A diaphragm is located in the enclosure. The diaphragm includes an annular sidewall. The device includes an inner chamber defined by an inner surface of the sidewall, and a storage space between an interior surface of the cylinder and an outer surface of the sidewall. A metal hydride composition is located in the storage space.

A highly saturated nitrile rubber composition containing a carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1) which contains ,-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units 15 to 60 wt % and ,-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer units 1 to 60 wt % and has an iodine value of 120 or less, a highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2) which contains ,-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units 15 to 60 wt %, has a content of the ,-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer units of 0.9 wt % or less, and has an iodine value of 120 or less, and a polyamide resin (B), a content ratio of the carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1) and the highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2) being a weight ratio of carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1):highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2) of 2:98 to 98:2, is provided.

A composite includes a polymer; and a phase-change composition including an unencapsulated first phase-change material, and an encapsulated second phase-change material.

A thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article including the same can include 100 parts by weight of a base resin including 10 to 50% by weight of an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-1) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 0.5 ?m, 5 to 40% by weight of an acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A-2) containing acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 0.05 ?m or more and less than 0.3 ?m, and 20 to 65% by weight of an aromatic vinyl polymer (B), and 0.5 to 12 parts by weight of a polyamide (C). The thermoplastic resin composition can have a solvent resistance of 15 days or more.

Provided is a rubber composition capable of suppressing deterioration of adhesiveness to a reinforcing member even in the case of having been subjected to repeated flex fatigue. The rubber composition is obtainable by compounding a rubber component containing a diene based rubber, a wet silica, a carbon black, and a calcium carbonate, wherein: a compounding amount of the wet silica is 3 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the diene based rubber; a nitrogen adsorption BET specific surface area of the carbon black is 8 m.sup.2/g or more and 100 m.sup.2/g or less; and the following formula 0.5X+28YX+88 is satisfied, where X represents the nitrogen adsorption BET specific surface area of the carbon black in terms of m.sup.2/g, and Y represents a compounding amount of the calcium carbonate in terms of parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene based rubber.