Akulon® S223-HG0

50% 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
Design challenge
Designing structural parts | CAE
Automotive OEM
BMW, JAGUAR LAND ROVER, PSA, RENAULT, VW
OEM Specification
FTM64-0066-(2015-10)
GS 93016 (2011-01)
PMR (2019-02)
STELLANTIS - 01994-16-00164-MAN-01994-15-00082-(2021-07)
TPJLR.52.154-(2009-01)
TPJLR.52.155-(2009-09)
VW50133-PA66-8-A(2015-08)

Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
10
cm³/10min
Temperature
275
°C
Load
5
kg
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.4
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.2
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
16000
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
16500
MPa
Tensile modulus (40°C)
15000
MPa
Tensile modulus (100°C)
8000
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
7400
MPa
Tensile modulus (140°C)
6900
MPa
Tensile modulus (150°C)
6600
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
6300
MPa
Tensile modulus (180°C)
5700
MPa
Tensile modulus (200°C)
5200
MPa
Tensile modulus (210°C)
4900
MPa
Stress at break
240
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
300
MPa
Stress at break (100°C)
135
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
120
MPa
Stress at break (140°C)
110
MPa
Stress at break (150°C)
105
MPa
Stress at break (160°C)
100
MPa
Stress at break (180°C)
85
MPa
Stress at break (200°C)
75
MPa
Stress at break (210°C)
70
MPa
Strain at break
2.7
%
Strain at break (-40°C)
2.6
%
Strain at break (120°C)
5.1
%
Strain at break (140°C)
5.3
%
Strain at break (150°C)
5.4
%
Strain at break (160°C)
5.5
%
Strain at break (180°C)
5.7
%
Strain at break (200°C)
5.9
%
Strain at break (210°C)
6
%
Flexural modulus
15500
MPa
Flexural modulus (120°C)
8000
MPa
Flexural modulus (160°C)
7000
MPa
Flexural modulus (180°C)
6500
MPa
Flexural modulus (200°C)
6100
MPa
Flexural modulus (210°C)
5800
MPa
Flexural strength
350
MPa
Flexural strength (120°C)
175
MPa
Flexural strength (160°C)
140
MPa
Flexural strength (180°C)
128
MPa
Flexural strength (200°C)
115
MPa
Flexural strength (210°C)
110
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
90
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
97
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
16
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
14
kJ/m²
Weldline strength at thickness 1
95
MPa
Weldline strain at thickness 1
0.9
%
Thickness tested (1)
4
mm

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
260
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
253
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
260
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.2
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.6
E-4/°C
Thermal Index 2500 hrs
183
°C
Thermal Index 5000 hrs
168
°C
Thermal Index 10000 hrs
154
°C
Thermal Index 20000 hrs
141
°C

Other properties

Water absorption
4.2
%
Humidity absorption
1.2
%
Density
1570
kg/m³

Diagrams

Applications

Front End Modules

Industry
Automotive
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Timing drive systems

Industry
Automotive
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