The present invention relates to an olefin resin including a copolymer of an olefin macromonomer with a non-conjugated diene.

The present invention relates to an olefin resin including a copolymer of an olefin macromonomer with a non-conjugated diene.

A thermoplastic resin composition includes a rubber-reinforced styrenic thermoplastic resin (A1) in an amount of 97 to 80 parts by mass); and a hitting sound reducing material (B) in an amount of 3 to 20 parts by mass. The hitting sound reducing material (B) is a hydrogenated copolymer derived from hydrogenation of a copolymer formed of a block portion (I) primarily including structural units derived from an aromatic vinyl-based compound, and a random portion (II) primarily including structural units derived from an aromatic vinyl-based compound and primarily including structural units derived from butadiene. The structural units in the block portion (I) and the structural units derived from an aromatic vinyl-based compound in the random portion (II) are present in 55 to 80 mass % relative to a 100 total mass % of the copolymer, and the hydrogenated copolymer has a primary dispersion peak of tan δ at 0° C. or greater.

A thermoplastic resin composition includes a rubber-reinforced styrenic thermoplastic resin (A1) in an amount of 97 to 80 parts by mass); and a hitting sound reducing material (B) in an amount of 3 to 20 parts by mass. The hitting sound reducing material (B) is a hydrogenated copolymer derived from hydrogenation of a copolymer formed of a block portion (I) primarily including structural units derived from an aromatic vinyl-based compound, and a random portion (II) primarily including structural units derived from an aromatic vinyl-based compound and primarily including structural units derived from butadiene. The structural units in the block portion (I) and the structural units derived from an aromatic vinyl-based compound in the random portion (II) are present in 55 to 80 mass % relative to a 100 total mass % of the copolymer, and the hydrogenated copolymer has a primary dispersion peak of tan δ at 0° C. or greater.

An object of the present invention is to provide a modified polyolefin resin composition having a high polyethylene content and exhibiting a good balance between a low-temperature stability and an adhesion to a polyethylene substrate and a metal. The present invention provides a modified polyolefin resin that is a graft-modified product in which a component (A) that is a polyolefin resin having an ethylene structural unit content of 50% or more by mole is modified with a component (B) that is an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof and a component (C) that is a (meth)acrylate ester represented by the following general formula (I), and an extrapolated melting end temperature (Tem) of the modified polyolefin resin measured in accordance with JIS K7121-1987 using a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature raising rate of 10° C./minute is 58° C. or lower.

An object of the present invention is to provide a modified polyolefin resin composition having a high polyethylene content and exhibiting a good balance between a low-temperature stability and an adhesion to a polyethylene substrate and a metal. The present invention provides a modified polyolefin resin that is a graft-modified product in which a component (A) that is a polyolefin resin having an ethylene structural unit content of 50% or more by mole is modified with a component (B) that is an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof and a component (C) that is a (meth)acrylate ester represented by the following general formula (I), and an extrapolated melting end temperature (Tem) of the modified polyolefin resin measured in accordance with JIS K7121-1987 using a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature raising rate of 10° C./minute is 58° C. or lower.

A viscosity index improver comprising a reaction product of (i) an acylated copolymer obtainable by acylating a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C.sub.3-C.sub.10 alpha-olefins having an Mn of 3,000 to 250,000 g/mol; and (ii) a compound of the formulae (III)-(V): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.6, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.12 and R.sub.15 are independently selected from a hydrogen and an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and R.sub.7, R.sub.11, R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.16, and R.sub.17 are independent selected from an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and a sum of the number of carbon atoms in each compound of the formulae (III)-(V) is from 6 to 31.

A viscosity index improver comprising a reaction product of (i) an acylated copolymer obtainable by acylating a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C.sub.3-C.sub.10 alpha-olefins having an Mn of 3,000 to 250,000 g/mol; and (ii) a compound of the formulae (III)-(V): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.6, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.12 and R.sub.15 are independently selected from a hydrogen and an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and R.sub.7, R.sub.11, R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.16, and R.sub.17 are independent selected from an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and a sum of the number of carbon atoms in each compound of the formulae (III)-(V) is from 6 to 31.

A modified polyolefin resin having an intended adhesion strength to various substrates even when graft modification may be carried out by using an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure. The modified polyolefin resin may be a modified product of a polyolefin resin and satisfies conditions (A) to (C): condition (A)—a modifying component includes an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure; condition (B)—a ring-opening degree expressed by formula (1) is 40 or more; and condition (C)—the polyolefin resin includes an ethylene structural unit,

ring-opening degree=modification degree K×ring-opening rate R  (1)

wherein, in the formula (1), the modification degree K is a grafting weight (wt. %) of the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, and the ring-opening rate R is a ring-opening rate (%) of the cyclic structure in the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative.

A modified polyolefin resin having an intended adhesion strength to various substrates even when graft modification may be carried out by using an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure. The modified polyolefin resin may be a modified product of a polyolefin resin and satisfies conditions (A) to (C): condition (A)—a modifying component includes an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure; condition (B)—a ring-opening degree expressed by formula (1) is 40 or more; and condition (C)—the polyolefin resin includes an ethylene structural unit,

ring-opening degree=modification degree K×ring-opening rate R  (1)

wherein, in the formula (1), the modification degree K is a grafting weight (wt. %) of the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, and the ring-opening rate R is a ring-opening rate (%) of the cyclic structure in the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative.