Patent ID: 7579384

Claim:
An expanded molded article having a void percentage of 5 to 50%, a bending strength of 0.3 MPa or greater, and a sound absorption coefficient more than 0.6, the molded article comprising 50 to 800 parts by weight of styrene-based resin relative to 100 parts by weight of non-crosslinked linear low-density polyethylene-based resin which can be obtained by using a metallocene catalyst, wherein the polyethylene-based resin has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 3.5 measured by Gel Permeation Chromatography, wherein the molded article is obtained by impregnating styrene-modified linear low-density polyethylene-based resin beads with a volatile blowing agent to provide expandable beads, pre-expanding the expandable beads and then subjecting the obtained pre-expanded beads to expansion molding, the styrene-modified linear low-density polyethylene-based resin beads each have the styrene-based resin dispersed in the form of particles, and a diameter of particle is 0.8 μm or smaller in a surface region within at least 5 μm from the bead surface and in a center region within a 5 μm radius from the bead center.