Akulon® S223-D
Low/Medium Viscosity, Nucleated
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
- Low viscosity
- Medium viscosity
- Nucleated
General Document
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Injection Molding
Applications
Rheological properties
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.95
%
ISO 294-4
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.95
%
ISO 294-4
Mechanical properties
Tensile modulus
3600
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Yield stress
95
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Yield strain
4
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Nominal strain at break
10
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Flexural modulus
2800
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural strength
125
MPa
ISO 178
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
N
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
N
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
6
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
6
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Thermal properties
Melting temperature (10°C/min)
260
°C
ISO 11357-1/-3
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
85
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
215
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
1
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
1
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Electrical properties
Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.2
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
60
E-4
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
170
E-4
IEC 62631-2-1
Volume resistivity
1E13
Ohm*m
IEC 62631-3-1
Surface resistivity
Ohm
IEC 62631-3-2
Electric strength
30
kV/mm
IEC 60243-1
Comparative tracking index
V
IEC 60112
Other properties
Water absorption
8.5
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Humidity absorption
2.3
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Density
1140
kg/m³
ISO 1183
Rheological calculation properties
Density of melt
969
kg/m³
-
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.13
W/(m K)
-
Spec. heat capacity melt
2750
J/(kg K)
-
Eff. thermal diffusivity
4.87E-8
m²/s
-
Diagrams
Applications
Terminal Blocks
Industry
Electrical
- •} Most grades are available now also with halogenfree flame-retardant ingredients
- •} Stanyl® PA46 and ForTii® PA4T to be used for SMT versions
