Akulon® S223-HG7

35% Glass Reinforced, Heat Stabilized

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
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Automotive OEM
GM, MERCEDES, PSA, RENAULT
OEM Specification
01994-16-00820-(2018-05)
DBL 5405.01 (2012-03)
GMW3038P-PA66-GF35H
GMW3038P-PA66-GF35J
PMR (2019-02)
STELLANTIS - 01994-16-00164-MAN-01994-16-00820-(2021-07)

Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
10.6
cm³/10min
Temperature
275
°C
Load
5
kg
Melt flow index MFI
13.3
g/10min
MFI test temperature
275
°C
MFI test load
5
kg
Molding shrinkage [parallel]
0.2
%
Molding shrinkage [normal]
1
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
11500
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
12000
MPa
Tensile modulus (100°C)
5700
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
5350
MPa
Tensile modulus (140°C)
5000
MPa
Tensile modulus (150°C)
4800
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
4600
MPa
Tensile modulus (180°C)
4200
MPa
Tensile modulus (200°C)
3850
MPa
Stress at break
210
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
270
MPa
Stress at break (100°C)
120
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
111
MPa
Stress at break (140°C)
101
MPa
Stress at break (150°C)
98
MPa
Stress at break (160°C)
94
MPa
Stress at break (180°C)
85
MPa
Stress at break (200°C)
76
MPa
Strain at break
3.5
%
Strain at break (-40°C)
3.3
%
Strain at break (120°C)
7.2
%
Strain at break (140°C)
7.5
%
Strain at break (150°C)
8.1
%
Strain at break (160°C)
8.3
%
Strain at break (180°C)
8.7
%
Strain at break (200°C)
9.2
%
Flexural modulus
11000
MPa
Flexural modulus (120°C)
5100
MPa
Flexural modulus (160°C)
4600
MPa
Flexural strength
310
MPa
Flexural strength (120°C)
145
MPa
Flexural strength (160°C)
120
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
90
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
74
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
12.8
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
11
kJ/m²
Weldline strength at thickness 1
100
MPa
Weldline strain at thickness 1
1.3
%
Thickness tested (1)
4
mm

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
260
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
247
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
260
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.2
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.6
E-4/°C
Burning Behav. at 0.75 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
0.75
mm
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
3
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
140
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (1) tested)
0.71
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
120
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
130
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
120
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
130
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Thermal Index 2500 hrs
183
°C
Thermal Index 5000 hrs
168
°C
Thermal Index 10000 hrs
154
°C
Thermal Index 20000 hrs
141
°C

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
4
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3.6
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
50
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
140
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E12
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
35
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
500
V

Other properties

Water absorption
5.5
%
Humidity absorption
1.5
%
Density
1410
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.2E-7
m²/s

Diagrams

Applications

Air inlet manifolds

Industry
Automotive
  • •} Lowest carbon footprint of PA6 available on the market
  • •} Yields faster moulding than standard PA6
  • •} Enables thinner wall designs.
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E-Boxes

Industry
Automotive
Stanyl® PA46 also used in connectors, e-motor parts, bobbins, sensors, fuse boxes.}

Fuse Holders

Industry
Automotive
Stanyl® PA46 also used in connectors, e-motor parts, bobbins, sensors, fuse boxes.}