Akulon® K224-G6-FC 99.99.99
30% Glass Fiber Reinforced, Food Contact Quality
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.
Product
Food contact declaration can be issued on request
Food contact declaration can be issued on request
Special features
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
- Absence Declaration BNST2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2025-11-21
- Absence Declaration DMF (2009/251/EC: Dimethylfumarate)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration ELV (2000/53/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-15
- Absence Declaration EPA 20 High Priority Substances 20192023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Food Allergens2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration NMP (N-Methylpyrrolidone)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Nano Materials2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Ozone Depleting Chemicals and F-gasses2025-02-06
- Absence Declaration PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)2025-04-14
- Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration PFAS/PFOS/PFOA/PFHxS/PFCAs2025-01-31
- Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2025-10-21
- Absence Declaration Phthalates (2005/84/EC: DEHP, DBP, BBP,DINP,DIDP, DNOP)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Red Phosphorus2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration opBDE (2003/11/EC: Octa- / Pentabromodiphenylether)2023-11-16
- CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 (NDS)2025-01-20
- Compliance Statement Sanctions and Embargos2025-11-24
- Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2025-10-21
- Deforestation Statement, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR)2025-11-03
- EMRT Statement2025-05-27
- Food Contact Status Canada (LONO)2024-11-06
- Food Contact Status Europe Akulon®2025-09-17
- Food Contact Status India2023-05-11
- Food Contact Status MERCOSUR Akulon®2025-06-24
- Food Contact Status Singapore2024-02-15
- Food Contact Status USA Akulon®2023-11-21
- Micro Plastics Statement2025-09-22
- Packaging Declaration EU Decision 97/129/EC (labelling)2024-04-17
- Packaging, Packaging Waste (EU) 2025/40 and CONEG declaration2025-06-24
- REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
- REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
- REACH STATEMENT TURKIYE2025-12-03
- RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
- SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2025-11-06
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Processing technology
Injection Molding
Injection Molding
Applications
Rheological properties
Melt volume-flow rate
6.4
cm³/10min
ISO 1133
Temperature
240
°C
ISO 1133
Load
2.16
kg
ISO 1133
Melt flow index MFI
7.3
g/10min
ISO 1133
MFI test temperature
240
°C
ISO 1133
MFI test load
2.16
kg
ISO 1133
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.3
%
ISO 294-4
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.9
%
ISO 294-4
Mechanical properties
Tensile modulus
9600
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
10400
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (100°C)
4300
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (120°C)
4050
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (150°C)
3600
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (160°C)
3400
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (180°C)
3000
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (200°C)
2500
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break
180
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break (-40°C)
235
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break (100°C)
95
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break (120°C)
90
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break (150°C)
75
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break (160°C)
70
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break (180°C)
60
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break (200°C)
47
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break
3.6
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break (-40°C)
3
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break (120°C)
10.8
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break (150°C)
11.6
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break (160°C)
11.8
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break (180°C)
12.3
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break (200°C)
12.8
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Flexural modulus
9000
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural modulus (120°C)
4150
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural modulus (160°C)
3700
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural strength
280
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural strength (120°C)
110
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural strength (160°C)
95
MPa
ISO 178
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
90
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
75
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
13
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
11
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Izod notched impact strength (+23°C)
14
kJ/m²
ISO 180/1A
Puncture - maximum force (+23°C)
1070
N
ISO 6603-2
Puncture - maximum force (-30°C)
950
N
ISO 6603-2
Puncture energy (+23°C)
8
J
ISO 6603-2
Puncture energy (-30°C)
6
J
ISO 6603-2
Weldline strength at thickness 1
100
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Weldline strain at thickness 1
1.5
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Thickness tested (1)
4
mm
ISO 527-1/-2
Thermal properties
Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
ISO 11357-1/-3
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
205
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
220
°C
ISO 75-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.2
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.7
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Burning Behav. at 0.75 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
IEC 60695-11-10
Thickness tested
0.75
mm
IEC 60695-11-10
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
IEC 60695-11-10
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
IEC 60695-11-10
UL recognition
Yes
-
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
IEC 60695-11-10
Thickness tested
3
mm
IEC 60695-11-10
UL recognition
Yes
-
-
Electrical properties
Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.5
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3.3
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
50
E-4
IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
150
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
6.5
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Humidity absorption
2
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Density
1360
kg/m³
ISO 1183
Rheological calculation properties
Density of melt
1150
kg/m³
-
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.27
W/(m K)
-
Spec. heat capacity melt
2110
J/(kg K)
-
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.12E-7
m²/s
-
Mechanical properties (TPE)
Shore D Hardness (15s)
85
-
ISO 868
Diagrams
Applications
Tri-clamp assembly
Industry
Healthcare
Material
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