Provided is an insulated electrical cable that includes a base resin containing a polypropylene resin, and a metallic hydroxide serving as a flame retardant, and has high wear resistance and favorable low-temperature resistance. An insulated electrical cable 10 includes a wire conductor 12, and an insulating coating 14 that coats an outer circumference of the wire conductor 12, and the insulating coating 14 includes a polymer component containing a polypropylene resin, and a flame retardant containing a metallic hydroxide. The polypropylene resin has a heat of fusion of at least 35 J/g, and in a molecular weight distribution of the polymer component, a number average molecular weight calculated at a peak with the largest area is at least 5.00×10.sup.4.

Provided is an insulated electrical cable that includes a base resin containing a polypropylene resin, and a metallic hydroxide serving as a flame retardant, and has high wear resistance and favorable low-temperature resistance. An insulated electrical cable 10 includes a wire conductor 12, and an insulating coating 14 that coats an outer circumference of the wire conductor 12, and the insulating coating 14 includes a polymer component containing a polypropylene resin, and a flame retardant containing a metallic hydroxide. The polypropylene resin has a heat of fusion of at least 35 J/g, and in a molecular weight distribution of the polymer component, a number average molecular weight calculated at a peak with the largest area is at least 5.00×10.sup.4.

A mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers with an alloy of at least one polyamide and of at least one polyolefin, the mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers including from 5% to 60% by weight of hollow glass beads relative to the sum of the solid and hollow glass reinforcers, the alloy-mixture proportions being from more than 50% to 75% of said mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers, to prepare a composition having a modulus, when dry at 20° C., of from 5 GPa to less than 8 GPa as measured according to ASTM D-2520-13, at a frequency of at least 1 GHz, at 23° C., under 50% RH.

A mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers with an alloy of at least one polyamide and of at least one polyolefin, the mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers including from 5% to 60% by weight of hollow glass beads relative to the sum of the solid and hollow glass reinforcers, the alloy-mixture proportions being from more than 50% to 75% of said mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers, to prepare a composition having a modulus, when dry at 20° C., of from 5 GPa to less than 8 GPa as measured according to ASTM D-2520-13, at a frequency of at least 1 GHz, at 23° C., under 50% RH.

The present disclosure provides a thermoplastic resin composition having high rigidity and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and a molded article including the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition includes a polypropylene composite resin including high-crystalline polypropylene and the like, an elastomer, and an inorganic filler.

The present disclosure provides a thermoplastic resin composition having high rigidity and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and a molded article including the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition includes a polypropylene composite resin including high-crystalline polypropylene and the like, an elastomer, and an inorganic filler.

Provided are a resin composition that is capable of imparting excellent mechanical strength to a molded article and has excellent dimensional stability during molding, a molded article thereof, and a method for producing the resin composition. For a resin composition containing a polyolefin-based resin and a nucleating agent, a ratio t2/t1 between an isothermal crystallization time t2 at 135° C. of the resin composition and an isothermal crystallization time t1 at 135° C. of a nucleating agent-free resin composition having the same formulation as the resin composition except that the nucleating agent is not contained is 0.45 or more.

Provided are a resin composition that is capable of imparting excellent mechanical strength to a molded article and has excellent dimensional stability during molding, a molded article thereof, and a method for producing the resin composition. For a resin composition containing a polyolefin-based resin and a nucleating agent, a ratio t2/t1 between an isothermal crystallization time t2 at 135° C. of the resin composition and an isothermal crystallization time t1 at 135° C. of a nucleating agent-free resin composition having the same formulation as the resin composition except that the nucleating agent is not contained is 0.45 or more.

A degradable EVOH high-barrier composite film, characterized in that the materials of various layers in the composite film all obtain approximately-consistent biodegradability by introducing biomass, and the additive amount of the additive master batch in the materials of each layer is controlled within the range of 0.3-15% of the total mass of the materials of the corresponding layer; the hydrophilic activity of the hydrophilic groups in the additive master batch should be greater than or equal to that of the hydrophilic groups in the materials of each layer; by adding the additive master batch, the mole ratios of the hydrophilic groups to carbon atoms of the materials of various layers tend to be consistent, namely, the bioactivities tend to be consistent, so that the degradation rates of the materials of various layers in the composite film tend to be consistent. The present invention makes contribution to obtaining approximately-consistent bioactivities and approximately-consistent biodegradation rates by balancing the mole ratios of the hydrophilic groups to carbon atoms in the materials of various layers, and the appearance, the functions and the physical and mechanical properties of a product remain unchanged.

A degradable EVOH high-barrier composite film, characterized in that the materials of various layers in the composite film all obtain approximately-consistent biodegradability by introducing biomass, and the additive amount of the additive master batch in the materials of each layer is controlled within the range of 0.3-15% of the total mass of the materials of the corresponding layer; the hydrophilic activity of the hydrophilic groups in the additive master batch should be greater than or equal to that of the hydrophilic groups in the materials of each layer; by adding the additive master batch, the mole ratios of the hydrophilic groups to carbon atoms of the materials of various layers tend to be consistent, namely, the bioactivities tend to be consistent, so that the degradation rates of the materials of various layers in the composite film tend to be consistent. The present invention makes contribution to obtaining approximately-consistent bioactivities and approximately-consistent biodegradation rates by balancing the mole ratios of the hydrophilic groups to carbon atoms in the materials of various layers, and the appearance, the functions and the physical and mechanical properties of a product remain unchanged.