Akulon® S223-D

Low/Medium Viscosity, Nucleated

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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
  • Low viscosity
  • Medium viscosity
  • Nucleated
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
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  • Absence Declaration Food Allergens2023-11-16
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  • Absence Declaration PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)2025-04-14
  • Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration PFAS2025-01-31
  • 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
  • Compliance Statement Sanctions and Embargos2025-11-24
  • Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2025-10-21
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  • EMRT Statement2025-05-27
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  • REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
  • REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
  • RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
  • SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2025-11-06
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Applications
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Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.95
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.95
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
3600
MPa
Yield stress
95
MPa
Yield strain
4
%
Nominal strain at break
10
%
Flexural modulus
2800
MPa
Flexural strength
125
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
6
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
6
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
260
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
85
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
215
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
1
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
1
E-4/°C

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.2
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
60
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
170
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
30
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
V

Other properties

Water absorption
8.5
%
Humidity absorption
2.3
%
Density
1140
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
969
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.13
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
2750
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
4.87E-8
m²/s

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Applications

Terminal Blocks

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Electrical
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