Abstract:
Disclosed herein are polyesters and articles made therefrom. The article comprising a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface, the second surface in contact with an outside environment, wherein the substrate comprises a polymer comprising poly(trimethylene furandicarboxylate) (PTF), and wherein the polymer provides an improvement in gas barrier properties of the substrate as compared to a substrate comprising nascent poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET).
Abstract:
Provided are a gas barrier resin composition, and a gas barrier composite film excellent in gas barrier properties with respect to oxygen, carbon dioxide gas, water vapor or the like, particularly in gas barrier properties even after hot water treatment. The gas barrier resin composition includes an oxazoline group-containing aqueous polymer (A), an aqueous acrylic resin (B) and/or an aqueous polyester resin (C) each at a specific concentration, wherein the ratio of the mole number of the oxazoline group to the mole number of the carboxyl group [the ratio of the mole number of the oxazoline group (x mmol) to the mole number of the carboxyl group (y mmol), which is indicated as (x/y)×100 (mol %)], is within the specific range. The gas barrier composite film uses this composition.
Abstract:
A gas barrier film is provided comprising a base film of polyester provided, on at least one of its surfaces, with a deposited layer of an inorganic compound and a gas barrier layer of a copolymer resin composition formed on the former. The gas barrier layer is produced from a mixture of a base material composed at least of the two components of (a) an unsaturated nitrile that accounts for 10% to 30% by mass of the copolymer and (b) an unsaturated compound with a hydroxyl group that accounts for 30% to 70% by mass of the copolymer; (c) a curing agent that contains a compound with an isocyanate group; and (d) a compound that has either two or more carboxylic acid groups or one or more carboxylic anhydride groups.
Abstract:
A liquid isocyanate composition is provided. The composition comprises at least one isocyanate component; at least one polyol and/or the adduct of said at least one isocyanate component and at least one polyol; clay nanoparticles. The polyol is an EO-tipped polyol, the NCO/OH ratio being in the range of 1500 to 1.5.
Abstract:
The present invention provides compositions useful as a barrier layer in, for example, packaging products. The compositions generally comprise a blend of (i) a polyester resin, preferably an aromatic polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and (ii) a polyamide material (e.g., MXD6). The blend optionally may further comprise (iii) an oxygen scavenging material. The present invention also provides containers (e.g., containers formed by expansion of preforms) having a multilayered body-forming portion including: a core layer comprising the aforementioned blend; and inner and outer layers of a formable polymer composition. The present invention also provides methods of making such containers.
Abstract:
Herein is disclosed an oxygen barrier composition comprising an oxygen barrier polymer and an oxygen scavenging polymer. The composition can be in the form of a physical blend or a cross-linked blend, and can further comprise a compatibilizer, a transesterification catalyst, or both. Preferably, the oxygen barrier polymer is poly(ethylene/vinyl alcohol) (EVOH), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or polyamide other than MXD6. Preferably, the oxygen scavenging polymer comprises an ethylenic backbone and a pendant cyclic olefinic group, or the oxygen scavenging polymer is a polyamide derived at least in part from a xylene diamine-based monomer.The oxygen barrier composition can be formed into an oxygen barrier layer of a packaging article. Such layers and articles, and methods for making same, are also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides compositions useful as a barrier layer in, for example, packaging products. The compositions generally comprise a blend of (i) a polyester resin, preferably an aromatic polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and (ii) a polyamide material (e.g., MXD6). The blend optionally may further comprise (iii) an oxygen scavenging material. The present invention also provides containers (e.g., containers formed by expansion of preforms) having a multilayered body-forming portion including: a layer comprising the aforementioned blend; and one or more layers of a formable polymer composition. The present invention also provides methods of making such containers.
Abstract:
A thermoplastic polyurethane obtained from a reaction mixture comprising: (a) at least one cyclic polyisocyanate, and (b) at least one polyol, in which the thermoplastic polyurethane has gas barrier characteristics which are better than the gas barrier characteristics of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) measured under the same circumstances, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane is an essentially amorphous material based on the absence of a melting peak in a DSC curve, and the thermoplastic polyurethane has a glass transition temperature Tg situated between 60° C. and 99.5° C. in a DSC curve, and both curves were obtained with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) as mentioned in the description. Hollow and hard bottles can be obtained from this material and as well as methods for obtaining the material and bottles.
Abstract:
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition for refrigerant transporting piping having high barrier properties, flexibility, and good extrusion processability. The thermoplastic resin composition for refrigerant transporting piping is composed of: a matrix containing a thermoplastic resin; and a domain containing a rubber dispersed in the matrix, and is characterized in that the thermoplastic resin has a melting point of 150° C. or higher, the rubber is a butyl-based rubber or an olefin-based rubber, the matrix contains a viscosity stabilizer, the thermoplastic resin composition contains a processing aid and at least one selected from the group consisting of a phenylenediamine-based anti-aging agent, a quinoline-based anti-aging agent, and a trihydric alcohol having a triazine skeleton, and at least a portion of the rubber is crosslinked.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene resin composition capable of improving transparency and moisture barrier properties without deterioration in physical properties of a film, and a film including the same, wherein the polyethylene resin composition comprises a nucleating agent and a lubricant both containing a cation of a same metal selected from Group 2 or Group 12 metals.