EcoPaXX® Q-KG6

30% Glass Reinforced, for E&E applications

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-KG6 is a long aliphatic polyamide that offers low moisture uptake and good flow for use in precision parts and connectors 
Sustainability
Bio-based
Special features
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Life cycle assessment

Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.6
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.1
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
9500
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
4600
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
3700
MPa
Tensile modulus (180°C)
3200
MPa
Tensile modulus (200°C)
3000
MPa
Stress at break
170
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
85
MPa
Stress at break (160°C)
70
MPa
Stress at break (180°C)
65
MPa
Stress at break (200°C)
60
MPa
Strain at break
4
%
Strain at break (120°C)
8.2
%
Strain at break (160°C)
9.4
%
Strain at break (180°C)
10
%
Strain at break (200°C)
10
%
Flexural modulus
8500
MPa
Flexural strength
260
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
80
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
60
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
11
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
9
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
250
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
215
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
243
°C

Electrical properties

Volume resistivity
>1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
40
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
V

Other properties

Humidity absorption
1.5
%
Density
1340
kg/m³

Diagrams