Akulon® CO-KGV5

25% Glass Reinforced, Flame Retardant (halogen- phosphorous-free), Laser Markable

General Information

Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.
We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).
In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.
Special features
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Flame Retardancy | Halogen free

Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.6
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
6000
MPa
Stress at break
85
MPa
Strain at break
2.5
%
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
35
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
170
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
213
°C
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
V-2
class
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
V-2
class
Thickness tested
3
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 0.75 mm nom. thickn.
V-2
class
Thickness tested
0.75
mm
Ball pressure temperature
215
°C
Glow Wire Flammability Index GWFI
960
°C
GWFI (Thickness (1) tested)
1
mm

Electrical properties

Volume resistivity
1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Comparative tracking index
475
V

Other properties

Water absorption
6.6
%
Humidity absorption
2.2
%
Density
1360
kg/m³

Diagrams

Applications

Miniature Circuit Breakers

Industry
Electrical
  • •} Halogen-free
  • •} Flame retardant
  • •} Heat-stabilized
  • •} Strength and resilience
  • •} Easy processing
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