Inventors:
Nahoto Hayashi - Pasadena TX, US
William Scott Lambert - Pasadena TX, US
Hiroshi Kawai - Kurashiki, JP
Kaoru Ikeda - Kurashiki, JP
Shinji Tai - Kurashiki, JP
Assignee:
Kuraray Co., Ltd. - Kurashiki
International Classification:
B32B001/02
B32B027/08
C08F008/00
C08L035/00
C08L023/26
US Classification:
428 367, 428 357, 428 366, 428515, 428517, 428519, 428520, 525191, 525207, 525214, 525217, 525221, 525222, 525232, 525238, 525239, 525240
Abstract:
Multilayer blow molded containers, which comprise a layer of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having an ethylene content of 5 to 60% by mol and a degree of saponification of 85% or more and a layer of a resin composition (B), characterized in that the resin composition (B) comprises 1 to 40% by weight of a thermoplastic resin (b1) having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of boron-containing groups that are convertible to a boronic acid group in the presence of water and a boronic acid group (hereinafter, referred to as a boron-containing functional group), and 60 to 99% by weight of polypropylene (b2), exhibit excellent gas-barrier properties, have good interlayer adhesion, have excellent thermal stability, and are low in production cost.