Multi-piece golf balls having a multi-layered solid core and multi-layered cover are provided.

Provided are a polyamide resin with a high melting point and a high glass transition temperature, a polyamide resin composition, and a molded article. The polyamide resin includes diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units, in which 50 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural units are structural units derived from p-benzenediethanamine, and 65 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units are structural units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid.

Provided are a polyamide resin with a high melting point and a high glass transition temperature, a polyamide resin composition, and a molded article. The polyamide resin includes diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units, in which 50 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural units are structural units derived from p-benzenediethanamine, and 65 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units are structural units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid.

A molded product of a polypropylene-based resin composition, without containing an inorganic filler, and obtained by a polypropylene-based resin composition that does not contain an inorganic filler and includes: 60 to 90 parts by mass of a polypropylene-based resin (A) including 30 to 80 parts of a propylene-based polymer (a-1) having an MFR of 120 to 250 g/10 min and having 98 to 100 mol % of a propylene constituent unit, and 0 to 30 parts of a propylene/ethylene copolymer (a-2) having an intrinsic viscosity [η] of 4 to 7 dl/g and having 30 to 60 mol % of an ethylene constituent unit; 10 to 40 parts of an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer (B) having an MFR of 0.1 to 7 g/10 min and having an ethylene content of 65 to 90 mol %; 0.2 to 1 part of a fatty acid amide (C); and 0.1 to 1 part of a surfactant (D).

A molded product of a polypropylene-based resin composition, without containing an inorganic filler, and obtained by a polypropylene-based resin composition that does not contain an inorganic filler and includes: 60 to 90 parts by mass of a polypropylene-based resin (A) including 30 to 80 parts of a propylene-based polymer (a-1) having an MFR of 120 to 250 g/10 min and having 98 to 100 mol % of a propylene constituent unit, and 0 to 30 parts of a propylene/ethylene copolymer (a-2) having an intrinsic viscosity [η] of 4 to 7 dl/g and having 30 to 60 mol % of an ethylene constituent unit; 10 to 40 parts of an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer (B) having an MFR of 0.1 to 7 g/10 min and having an ethylene content of 65 to 90 mol %; 0.2 to 1 part of a fatty acid amide (C); and 0.1 to 1 part of a surfactant (D).

Disclosed herein are methods of making active, food-grade packaging resins using a reactive extrusion step that involves reacting a polymeric material with a ligand and one of a cross-linking agent and a radical initiator in an extruder, under temperature and pressure conditions effective to cause covalent binding of the ligand to the polymeric material by a linker that is the reaction product of the cross-linking agent or by direct bond formation between the ligand and the polymeric material, and then extruding the active, food-grade packaging resin. Also disclosed are the active packaging resins obtained from such methods, methods of forming food packaging materials from the active packaging resins, the food packaging materials that contain the active packaging resins, and methods of packaging perishable food in those food packaging materials.

Disclosed herein are methods of making active, food-grade packaging resins using a reactive extrusion step that involves reacting a polymeric material with a ligand and one of a cross-linking agent and a radical initiator in an extruder, under temperature and pressure conditions effective to cause covalent binding of the ligand to the polymeric material by a linker that is the reaction product of the cross-linking agent or by direct bond formation between the ligand and the polymeric material, and then extruding the active, food-grade packaging resin. Also disclosed are the active packaging resins obtained from such methods, methods of forming food packaging materials from the active packaging resins, the food packaging materials that contain the active packaging resins, and methods of packaging perishable food in those food packaging materials.

The invention relates to a process for producing small-cell foams from a styrene-polymer component (S) and an additive of formula (I), wherein Z represents a C.sub.1-C.sub.5-alkylene group or an oxygen or sulfur atom, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent, e.g., a C.sub.3-C.sub.12-alkyl residue, C.sub.3-C.sub.12-cycloalkyl residue or benzyl residue; and R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent hydrogen or a C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkyl residue, comprising the steps of: —heating at least a styrene-polymer component (S) to obtain a molten, polymeric molding compound, —introducing a propellant (T) into the molten molding compound to form a foamable composition (Z), and—foaming the foamable composition to obtain a foamed molding, the molten polymeric molding compound containing at least one carboxylic acid derivative of the general formula (I).

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The invention relates to a process for producing small-cell foams from a styrene-polymer component (S) and an additive of formula (I), wherein Z represents a C.sub.1-C.sub.5-alkylene group or an oxygen or sulfur atom, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent, e.g., a C.sub.3-C.sub.12-alkyl residue, C.sub.3-C.sub.12-cycloalkyl residue or benzyl residue; and R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent hydrogen or a C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkyl residue, comprising the steps of: —heating at least a styrene-polymer component (S) to obtain a molten, polymeric molding compound, —introducing a propellant (T) into the molten molding compound to form a foamable composition (Z), and—foaming the foamable composition to obtain a foamed molding, the molten polymeric molding compound containing at least one carboxylic acid derivative of the general formula (I).

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The invention relates to a process for producing small-cell foams from a styrene-polymer component (S) and an additive of formula (I), wherein Z represents a C.sub.1-C.sub.5-alkylene group or an oxygen or sulfur atom, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent, e.g., a C.sub.3-C.sub.12-alkyl residue, C.sub.3-C.sub.12-cycloalkyl residue or benzyl residue; and R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent hydrogen or a C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkyl residue, comprising the steps of: —heating at least a styrene-polymer component (S) to obtain a molten, polymeric molding compound, —introducing a propellant (T) into the molten molding compound to form a foamable composition (Z), and—foaming the foamable composition to obtain a foamed molding, the molten polymeric molding compound containing at least one carboxylic acid derivative of the general formula (I).

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