EcoPaXX® Q170E-H

Medium Viscosity, Extrusion, Heat Stabilized, Food Contact Quality

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® Q170E-H is an unfilled long aliphatic polyamide with good thermal properties for use in film & monofilament extrusion
Sustainability
Bio-based
Special features
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Extrusion, Injection Molding
Design challenge
Life cycle assessment

Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
26
cm³/10min
Temperature
280
°C
Load
2.16
kg
Melt flow index MFI
24
g/10min
MFI test temperature
280
°C
MFI test load
2.16
kg

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
3200
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
600
MPa
Tensile modulus (140°C)
520
MPa
Yield stress
85
MPa
Yield strain
4.6
%
Stress at break
55
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
38
MPa
Stress at break (140°C)
32
MPa
Strain at break
20
%
Strain at break (120°C)
200
%
Strain at break (140°C)
200
%
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
5.5
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
4
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
250
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
75
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
175
°C

Other properties

Water absorption
5.8
%
Humidity absorption
1.9
%
Density
1090
kg/m³

Material specific properties

Viscosity number
170
cm³/g

Diagrams

Applications

Automotive Bearing Cages

Industry
Automotive
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