The present invention is intended to provide an
ethylene copolymer having excellent mechanical properties and moldability, a process for preparing the
copolymer, a resin composition containing the
copolymer and uses thereof. The
ethylene copolymer has the following properties: the copolymer comprises 90 to 99% by mol of
ethylene constituent units and 1 to 60% by mol of C3-20 alpha-olefin constituent units; the ratio (Mz / Mw) of a Z average molecular weight (Mz) to a weight-average molecular weight (Mw), each molecular weight being measured by GPC, is in the range of 10 to 30, and said ratio (Mz / Mw) and the ratio (Mw / Mn) of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to a number-average molecular weight (Mn), each molecular weight being measured by GPC, satisfy the relation (Mz / Mw)>(Mw / Mn); the
intrinsic viscosity is in the range of 0.5 to 9 dl / g; the ratio (n*0.01 / n*8) of a
melt viscosity (eta*0.01) at a
shear rate of 0.01 rad / sec, as measured at 190° C., to a
melt viscosity (eta*8) at a
shear rate of 8 rad / sec, as measured at 190° C., and the
intrinsic viscosity (eta) satisfy the relation (eta*0.01 / eta*8)>=0.893x(eta)+1.0; and the absolute value of an
activation energy (Ea) of a
shift factor of melt
viscoelasticity is not more than 4x104 J / mol.K.