Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic molding composition, including: a) 30 to 99.85 wt % of at least one thermoplastic polyamide as component A; b) 0.1 to 10 wt % of at least one polyhydric alcohol having more than 6 hydroxyl groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 2000 g/mol as component B; c) 0.05 to 3 wt % of at least one sterically hindered phenol antioxidant as component C; d) 0 to 3 wt % of at least one polycarboxylic compound having more than 3 carboxylic acid groups and/or carboxylate groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 300 g/mol as component D; e) 0 to 50 wt % of at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler as component E; and f) 0 to 25 wt % of further additives as component F; where the total of wt % of components A to F is 100 wt %.

Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic molding composition, including: a) 30 to 99.85 wt % of at least one thermoplastic polyamide as component A; b) 0.1 to 10 wt % of at least one polyhydric alcohol having more than 6 hydroxyl groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 2000 g/mol as component B; c) 0.05 to 3 wt % of at least one sterically hindered phenol antioxidant as component C; d) 0 to 3 wt % of at least one polycarboxylic compound having more than 3 carboxylic acid groups and/or carboxylate groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 300 g/mol as component D; e) 0 to 50 wt % of at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler as component E; and f) 0 to 25 wt % of further additives as component F; where the total of wt % of components A to F is 100 wt %.

An actuator includes a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the primary electrode, a nanovoided polymer layer disposed between and abutting the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, the nanovoided polymer layer having a plurality of nanovoids dispersed throughout a polymer matrix, and a sealing layer at least partially encapsulating the nanovoided polymer layer, where the nanovoids include a fill gas.

A resin composition includes 20 wt % to 70 wt % of an ethylene polymer based on a total weight of the resin composition, wherein the ethylene polymer comprises a polar comonomer; and 30 wt % to 80 wt % of an acrylate phase based on the total weight of the resin composition, wherein the acrylate phase comprises units derived from butyl acrylate and units derived from methyl methacrylate.

The present invention provides an aqueous dispersion that enables production of a film having improved water resistance, tensile elastic modulus, and stress at break, and with which a decrease of strain at break can be reduced in the film. The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and a cellulose nanofiber, the ethylene unit content of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) being 1 mol % or more and less than 20 mol %.

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition for cooling medium transportation pipes, which has high barrier performance, is flexible and has good extrusion moldability. A thermoplastic resin composition which comprises a matrix that comprises a thermoplastic resin and a domain that comprises a rubber and is dispersed in the matrix, the thermoplastic resin composition being characterized by having an oxygen permeability coefficient (cm.sup.3.Math.mm/(m.sup.2.Math.day.Math.mmHg)) of 0.02 or less at 21° C. and at a humidity of 0%, and being also characterized in that the melt viscosity of the thermoplastic resin constituting the matrix is 300 Pa.Math.s or less at 250° C. and at a shear rate of 243.2 s.sup.−1, the thermoplastic resin comprises a thermoplastic resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher and a thermoplastic resin having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 0.004 or less or comprises a thermoplastic resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher and an oxygen permeability coefficient of 0.004 or less, and the rubber comprises an isobutylene-based block copolymer and an olefin- or styrene-based polymer having an epoxy group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, an acid anhydride group or a carboxyl group.

A resin composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an olefin polymer; and (C) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (C) is present in an amount of 0.00001 to 10 ppm based on the weight of the resin composition. The resin composition exhibits reduced susceptibility to coloration.

A polymer composition may include a polymer produced from ethylene, one or more branched vinyl ester monomers, optionally vinyl acetate (VA), and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). A method of preparing a polymer composition may include blending a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and an ethylene based polymer produced from ethylene, one or more branched vinyl ester monomers, and optionally vinyl acetate (VA); and to form a blended mixture; and extruding the blended mixture to form the polymer composition

A polymer composition may include a polymer produced from ethylene, one or more branched vinyl ester monomers, optionally vinyl acetate (VA), and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). A method of preparing a polymer composition may include blending a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and an ethylene based polymer produced from ethylene, one or more branched vinyl ester monomers, and optionally vinyl acetate (VA); and to form a blended mixture; and extruding the blended mixture to form the polymer composition

The present invention provides a spreading agent for agrochemicals having excellent spreadability particularly against surfaces of plant leaves. The present invention also provides an agrochemical spray solution comprising the spreading agent for agrochemicals, and that shows excellent storage stability (particularly viscosity stability) even during long storage. The present invention relates to a spreading agent for agrochemicals that comprises an ethylene-modified vinyl alcohol polymer (A) having an ethylene unit content of 1.0 mol % to 19 mol %, a 1,2-glycol linkage unit content of 1.2 mol % to 2.0 mol %, a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 200 to 5,000, and a degree of saponification of 80 mol % to 99.9 mol %.