Molded article for plumbing and method

Abstract

There is provided a molded article for water related application which can prevent molecular cleavage of polyamide caused by a radical generated from a chlorine-based oxidizing substance contained for sterilization in tap water, thereby preventing a degradation in the performance of the molded article. The molded article for water related application comprises a resin composition comprising; 100 parts by mass of a semi-aromatic polyamide (A); 10 to 200 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (B); and 0.1 to 2.0 parts by mass of a phenolic antioxidant (C), wherein the semi-aromatic polyamide (A) includes dicarboxylic acid units composed mainly of aromatic dicarboxylic acid units, and diamine units composed mainly of aliphatic diamine units, and wherein the phenolic antioxidant (C) has, in the molecule, a structure represented by the following formula (1); where ** represents a linking moiety.

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