Abstract:
Disclosed are an oxygen barrier resin composition and products containing the resin. The resin composition comprises 20 to 80 wt % of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, 5 to 79 wt % of an ethylene copolymer, and 1 to 30 wt % of a compatibilizer obtained between a random copolymer of ethylene-maleic anhydride-alkyl(meth)acrylate and a polyamide oligomer ranging, in molecular weight, from 1,000 to 5,000. The compatibilizer functions in such a way that the main chain of the polyamide penetrates into the ethylene-vinyl alcohol phase while the main chain of the ethylene-alkyl(meth)acrylate exists in the ethylene copolymer phase. The resin composition is superior in both melt-moldability and compatibility, providing films, sheets or bottles with superb appearance (transparency), mechanical strength and oxygen barrier.