Akulon® K224-HG3

15% Glass Reinforced, Heat Stabilized

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
Automotive OEM
FIAT CHRYSLER, FORD, GM, MERCEDES, VOLVO, VW
OEM Specification
DBL 5403.07 (2013-12)
DBL 5410.00 (2010-08)
DBL 5416.01 (2011-02)
FCA-MS50017(MS-DB-41)-CPN2641-(2017-02)
GMW15702-110073-PA6-GF15
GMW3029P-PA6-GF15H
VCS 1212,019-4 (2016-08)
VW50125-PA6-4 (2017-12)
VW50134 PA6-3-A
WSK-M4D665-A

Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.25
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.1
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
6000
MPa
Stress at break
125
MPa
Strain at break
3
%
Flexural modulus
5200
MPa
Flexural strength
170
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
45
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
40
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
7
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
6
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
195
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
215
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.3
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.8
E-4/°C
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
3
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 0.75 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
150
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (1) tested)
0.71
mm
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
150
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
120
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.71
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
130
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
150
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.71
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
150
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
4.6
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
4
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
230
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
270
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E12
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
25
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
V

Other properties

Water absorption
7.6
%
Humidity absorption
2.3
%
Density
1230
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
1030
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.26
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
2400
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.03E-7
m²/s

Diagrams