EcoPaXX® Q-HXGM24

10% Glass Reinforced, 20% Mineral Reinforced, Heat Stabilized

General Information

EcoPaXX® is our bio-based, high-performance polyamide (PA410) that offers outstanding performance across the board, while being made mainly from tropical castor beans which don’t compete with the food chain.
EcoPaXX® belongs to the family of long-chain polyamides, which offer exceptional performance in the most demanding of environments. That includes excellent chemical resistance, low moisture absorption, combined with a very high melting point (highest of all bio-plastics) and high crystallization rate (typical for engineering plastics like PA66 and PA46).
EcoPaXX® has the lowest carbon footprint amongst common polyamides. This is because the amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the production of EcoPaXX® is offset by the amount absorbed in plant growth, and in particular by the riccinus communis – the tropical castor bean plant that makes up some 70% of EcoPaXX®. Externally certified lifecycle analysis (LCA) data is available upon request.
Product
EcoPaXX® Q-HXGM24 is a long aliphatic polyamide with excellent surface esthetics and low warpage with good thermal properties and high flow for use in beauty covers.
Sustainability
Bio-based
Special features
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Life cycle assessment

Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.76
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.25
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
7500
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
8000
MPa
Tensile modulus (40°C)
7000
MPa
Tensile modulus (80°C)
2500
MPa
Tensile modulus (100°C)
2300
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
2100
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
1600
MPa
Tensile modulus (180°C)
1300
MPa
Tensile modulus (200°C)
1000
MPa
Stress at break
100
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
140
MPa
Stress at break (80°C)
45
MPa
Stress at break (100°C)
40
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
25
MPa
Stress at break (160°C)
20
MPa
Stress at break (180°C)
15
MPa
Stress at break (200°C)
12
MPa
Strain at break
2.6
%
Strain at break (-40°C)
2.8
%
Strain at break (80°C)
11
%
Strain at break (120°C)
12
%
Strain at break (160°C)
20
%
Strain at break (180°C)
50
%
Strain at break (200°C)
30
%
Flexural modulus
6700
MPa
Flexural modulus (120°C)
1800
MPa
Flexural strength
170
MPa
Flexural strength (120°C)
50
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
35
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
30
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
3.5
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
4
kJ/m²
Weldline strength at thickness 1
62
MPa
Weldline strain at thickness 1
1.1
%
Thickness tested (1)
4
mm

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
250
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
190
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
225
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.39
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.68
E-4/°C

Other properties

Humidity absorption
1.5
%
Density
1340
kg/m³

Diagrams

Applications

Robotic protective parts & covers

Industry
Robotics
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