Akulon® F127

Low/Medium Viscosity, Film Extrusion, Food Contact Quality

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
Extrusion

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.9
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
1
E-4/°C

Other properties

Water absorption
9.5
%
Humidity absorption
2.5
%
Density
1130
kg/m³

Material specific properties

Viscosity number
168
cm³/g
RSV formic acid, 1g/100ml
2.7
-
Melt Viscosity (260 °C)
410
Pa s

Rheological calculation properties

Spec. heat capacity
1550
J/(kg K)
Average spec. heat capacity 20-150 °C
2250
J/(kg K)

Mechanical properties (Film)

Modulus of elasticity
460
MPa
Stress at yield, parallel
32
MPa
Maximum stress, parallel
80
MPa
Maximum strain, parallel
350
%
Trouser Tear resistance, parallel
32
-
Puncture resistance
1150
J/m
Static coefficient of friction
1.5
-
Dynamic coefficient of friction
1.2
-

Other properties (Film)

Transparency/Clarity
83
%
Oxygen transmission rate at 23°C/0%r.h.
26
cm³/(m²*d*bar)
Oxygen transmission rate at 23°C/85%r.h.
38
cm³/(m²*d*bar)
Water Vapor Transmission Rate at 23°C/85%r.h.
35
g/(m²*d)

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