A coating composition that includes: (a) core-shell particles having a polymeric core at least partially encapsulated by a polymeric shell; (b) an ethylenically unsaturated rubber polymer; and (c) an adhesion promoter including at least one polymer that is different from (a) and (b). The polymeric shell of (a) includes: (i) a barrier segment having aromatic groups; and urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof; and (ii) an elastomeric segment that is different from (i), in which the polymeric shell is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric core. Further, the ethylenically unsaturated rubber polymer is: (i) a polymeric particle dispersed in an aqueous medium that is different from (a); or (ii) covalently bonded to the shell of the core-shell particles of (a) and forms at least a portion of the polymeric core.

Polyethylene formulations, articles produced therefrom, and methods of making articles are provided. The polyethylene formulation includes a multimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) composition, and 1 ppm to 10,000 ppm of a nucleating agent, wherein the multimodal HDPE composition comprises a density of 0.940 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.970 g/cm.sup.3 when measured according to ASTM D792, and a melt index (I.sub.2) of 0.01 g/10 min. to 1.0 g/10 min. when measured according to ASTM D1238 at 190 C. and a 2.16 kg load, and wherein the multimodal HDPE composition comprises an infrared cumulative detector fraction (CDF.sub.IR) of greater than 0.27 and an infrared cumulative detector fraction to light scattering cumulative detector fraction ratio (CDF.sub.IR/CDF.sub.LS) from 0.7 to 2.0.

A resin composition which has oxygen-barrier properties less apt to depend on humidity and has high transparency; and a formed article and a film which include the resin composition are provided. The resin composition includes from 10 to 90 parts by mass of a polyamide resin (A) and from 90 to 10 parts by mass of a polyamide resin (B), wherein the polyamide resin (A) includes constituent units derived from a diamine and constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid, with 70 mol % or more of the constituent units derived from a diamine being derived from xylylenediamine and 90 mol % or more of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid being derived from adipic acid; the polyamide resin (B) includes constituent units derived from a diamine and constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid, 70 mol % or more of the constituent units derived from a diamine being derived from xylylenediamine, from 30 to 65 mol % of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid being derived from an ,-linear chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 20 carbons, and from 70 to 35 mol % of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid being derived from isophthalic acid.

Provided is a polyester-based resin composition capable of giving a molded article excellent in transparency and gas-barrier property even though the molded article requires stretching treatment, and also provided is a method for producing the composition. The method for producing a polyester-based resin composition includes a step of obtaining a master batch (M) containing a polyester resin (A) having a cyclic acetal structure or an alicyclic hydrocarbon structure, and a polyamide resin (B), and a step of melt-kneading the master batch (M) with a polyester resin (R) in which 70 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid unit is derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 70 mol % or more of the diol unit is derived from an aliphatic diol, thereby giving a polyester-based resin composition, in this order,. The glass transition temperature of the polyester resin (A) is 105 C. or lower, the content of the polyester resin (A) in the polyester-based resin composition is 0.5 to 15.0% by mass, and the content of the polyamide resin (B) is 0.5 to 10.0% by mass.

An epichlorohydrin rubber composition that includes 100 parts by weight of an epichlorohydrin-ethylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether terpolymer rubber, 0 to 60 parts by weight of carbon black, and 30 to 60 parts by weight of a flat tiller. The crosslinked epichlorohydrin rubber is prepared by crosslinking the composition with a crosslinking agent. Materials for accumulators contain the crosslinked rubber.

A coating composition includes an aqueous carrier medium, at least a first polymer, and polymeric core-shell particles dispersed in the aqueous carrier medium. The first polymer includes: (i) a barrier segment having aromatic groups and urethane linkages, urea linkages, or a combination thereof; and (ii) an elastomeric segment having a glass transition temperature of less than 0 C. The barrier segment can make up at least 30% of the first polymer, based on the total solids weight of the first polymer.

Container made from a thermoplastic molding composition comprising A) from 59.8 to 99.8% by weight of a polyester composed of from 30 to 100% by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate and 0 to 70% by weight of a polyester derived from 1,4-butanediol and a C.sub.2-12-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and/or C.sub.6-12-cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acid, B) 0.1 to 10% by weight of an oxidizable polyester-ether, C) 5 to 10000 weight-ppm of a salt of a transition metal, D) 0 to 40% by weight of other additional substances, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to B) is 100% by weight.

An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an aliphatic carboxylic acid; (C) an aliphatic carboxylic acid metal salt which is a metal salt of the aliphatic carboxylic acid (B); and (D) an alkali metal compound; wherein the aliphatic carboxylic acid metal salt (C) contains a metal moiety that is at least one element selected from the group consisting of long Periodic Table 4th-period d-block elements; wherein the amounts of the aliphatic carboxylic acid (B), the aliphatic carboxylic acid metal salt (C), and the alkali metal compound (D) on a weight basis satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2):

0.01((D)/(C))30(1)

0.0005{(D)/[(B)/((B)+(C))]}1(2).

The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition is excellent in impact resistance and adhesive strength even without a resin other than an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer blended therein.

An object of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier film which can prevent the damage of an inorganic layer even in a case where the gas barrier film is used in a product which undergoes a step of applying pressure, heat, and the like, a solar cell using the gas barrier film, and a manufacturing method of the gas barrier film. The object is achieved by a gas barrier film having a support and an inorganic layer and a protective organic layer on one surface of the support, in which the protective organic layer has a polymerized substance of a graft copolymer having an acryl polymer as a main chain and having, as a side chain, at least either an acryloyl group-terminated urethane polymer or an acryloyl group-terminated urethane oligomer, a polymerized substance of a (meth)acrylate monomer having three or more functional groups, a polymerized substance of the graft copolymer and the (meth)acrylate monomer having three or more functional groups, a (meth)acrylate polymer, and a silane coupling agent having a (meth)acryloyl group.

Barrier films are prepared from a composition comprising 1) a blend of two high density polyethylene HDPE blend components, 2) zinc glycerolate and 3) a dispersion aid/synergist. The two high density polyethylene blend components have substantially different melt indices. It is difficult to properly mix the zinc glycerolate into this HDPE blend. The use of the dispersion aid/synergist improves the water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of polyethylene film (in comparison to barrier films made with zinc glycerolate, in the absence of the dispersion aid/synergist). The resulting barrier films are suitable for the preparation of packaging for dry foods such as crackers and breakfast cereals.