| abstract |
A gas barrier coating composition which undergoes no decrease in barrier properties to gases such as oxygen and water vapor even under high-humidity conditions, contains no compounds thought to be harmful to the human body, and is harmless to the human body; and a gas barrier coating film with excellent gas barrier properties comprising the composition. The gas barrier coating composition comprises (a) a polyvinyl alcohol resin and (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of a specific metal alcoholate, a hydrolyzate of the metal alcoholate, a condensate of the metal alcoholate, a chelate compound of the metal alcoholate, a hydrolyzate of the chelate compound, and an acylated metal compound. The coating film obtained from the composition has excellent gas barrier properties. |