Akulon® K224-HG8

40% Glass Reinforced, Heat Stabilized

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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
  • Heat stabilized
General Document
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Automotive OEM
GM, HYUNDAI KIA, PSA, TESLA, VW
OEM Specification
GMW3029P-PA6-GF40H
MS-211-45-(2019)
STELLANTIS - 01994-18-01704-(2022-02)-MAN-01378-21-00603
TM-1006-TMC-1006-003-B-Grade-102140-(2022)
TM-1006-TMC-1006-003-B-Grade-202140-(2022)
VW50134-PA6-9-A (2015-09)
Applications
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Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.34
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.83
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
13000
MPa
Stress at break
205
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
285
MPa
Strain at break
3.3
%
Strain at break (-40°C)
3.1
%
Flexural modulus
12000
MPa
Flexural strength
315
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
95
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
85
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
15
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
12
kJ/m²
Izod notched impact strength (+23°C)
15
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
210
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
220
°C
Vicat softening temperature (50°C/h 50N)
215
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.2
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.5
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
140
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (1) tested)
0.71
mm
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
140
°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
140
°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)
3.5
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3.3
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
50
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
150
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E12
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
35
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
V

Other properties

Water absorption
5.5
%
Humidity absorption
1.7
%
Density
1450
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
1260
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.32
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
2080
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.2E-7
m²/s

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Applications

Airbag Containers

Industry
Automotive
Material
  • •} Reliable
  • •} Cost effective
  • •} Heat resistant
  • •} Lightweight
  • •} Function integration
  • •} High flowability enables thin wall designs
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Front End Modules

Industry
Automotive
Material
Injection moulding grades can be combined with advanced thermoplastic composites solutions or with metal inserts.}
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