To provide a layered polyester film having excellent mechanical properties, transparency, heat resistance, and gas barrier property. A layered polyester film including a polyester film and a thin film layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, the covering layer is formed on at least one surface of the polyester film, and the layered polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ΔP of not less than 0.100 and not more than 0.200, and a thickness of the layered polyester film is not thinner than 1 μm and not thicker than 300 μm.

To provide a layered polyester film having excellent mechanical properties, transparency, heat resistance, and gas barrier property. A layered polyester film including a polyester film and a thin film layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, the covering layer is formed on at least one surface of the polyester film, and the layered polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ΔP of not less than 0.100 and not more than 0.200, and a thickness of the layered polyester film is not thinner than 1 μm and not thicker than 300 μm.

The object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous coating composition which exhibits a small viscosity change and can form a coating film having a superior coating film appearance even when the amount of the solvent contained in the aqueous coating composition is reduced due to changes in the coating environment.

The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition comprising an acrylic resin dispersion (A) and a melamine resin (B), wherein the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has a core/shell structure, the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is a dispersion of a solution-polymerization product of a core part preparation monomer (a-1) and a shell part preparation monomer (a-2), wherein the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) comprises an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer, the mass ratio of the core part to the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of core part/shell part=30/70 to 70/30, the shell part of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) has an acid group, and the neutralization rate of the acid groups in the shell part is 50% or more, the weight-average molecular weight of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of 10,000 to 70,000, the core part preparation monomer (a-1) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or less, and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 70 mg KOH/g or less, the whole monomer mixture comprising the core part preparation monomer (a-1) and the shell part preparation monomer (a-2) has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or more and 30 mg KOH/g or less, the glass transition temperature of the acrylic resin dispersion (A) is in the range of −10 to 60° C., and the melamine resin (B) comprises a hydrophobic melamine resin.

A graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition is provided for forming graphene-PET containers. The graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition includes a continuous matrix comprising polyethylene terephthalate and a dispersed reinforcement phase comprising graphene nanoplatelets. The graphene nanoplatelets range in diameter between 5 μm and 10 μm with surface areas ranging from about 15 m.sup.2/g to about 150 m.sup.2/g. In some embodiments, the graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate comprises a concentration of graphene nanoplatelets being substantially 3% weight fraction of the graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate. The graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate is configured to be injection molded into a graphene-PET preform suitable for forming a container. The graphene-PET preform is configured to be reheated above its glass transition temperature and blown into a mold so as to shape the graphene-PET preform into the container.

A graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition is provided for forming graphene-PET containers. The graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition includes a continuous matrix comprising polyethylene terephthalate and a dispersed reinforcement phase comprising graphene nanoplatelets. The graphene nanoplatelets range in diameter between 5 μm and 10 μm with surface areas ranging from about 15 m.sup.2/g to about 150 m.sup.2/g. In some embodiments, the graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate comprises a concentration of graphene nanoplatelets being substantially 3% weight fraction of the graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate. The graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate is configured to be injection molded into a graphene-PET preform suitable for forming a container. The graphene-PET preform is configured to be reheated above its glass transition temperature and blown into a mold so as to shape the graphene-PET preform into the container.

A liquid crystal polyester resin for laminate, wherein, in a molecular weight distribution of an absolute molecular weight measured by a gel permeation chromatograph/light scattering method, an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 10 to 40%, and an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 50,000 or more is 3 to 20%, relative to 100% of the total peak area.

A liquid crystal polyester resin for laminate, wherein, in a molecular weight distribution of an absolute molecular weight measured by a gel permeation chromatograph/light scattering method, an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 10,000 or less is 10 to 40%, and an area fraction of a portion having an absolute molecular weight of 50,000 or more is 3 to 20%, relative to 100% of the total peak area.

A multilayer plastic bottle comprising at least one layer comprising a composition, said composition comprising: polyethylene terephthalate that is substantially free of antimony; an oxidizable polyether-based additive; and a transition metal catalyst, wherein the bottle has an oxygen permeability of not more than about 3.0 cm.sup.3 mm/(m.sup.2 atm day) immediately after the bottle is formed.

A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer configured to coat at least one face of the metal sheet. A pushing depth of the resin layer on a side adhered to the one face of the metal sheet is 100 nm to 250 nm, the pushing depth being determined by a nano indentation test, and a melting point of the resin layer is 210° C. to 270° C.

A resin coated metal sheet includes: a metal sheet; and a resin layer configured to coat at least one face of the metal sheet. A pushing depth of the resin layer on a side adhered to the one face of the metal sheet is 100 nm to 250 nm, the pushing depth being determined by a nano indentation test, and a melting point of the resin layer is 210° C. to 270° C.