EcoPaXX® Q-FP4
Impact Modified, Improved flow
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-FP4 is an unfilled, impact-modified long aliphatic polyamide with excellent impact and flow
EcoPaXX® Q-FP4 is an unfilled, impact-modified long aliphatic polyamide with excellent impact and flow
Sustainability
Bio-based
Bio-based
Special features
- Good or high flow
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
- Absence Declaration BNST2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration EPA 20 High Priority Substances 20192023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Food Allergens2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Nano Materials2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration Ozone Depleting Chemicals2024-04-25
- Absence Declaration PBT chemicals under TSCA section 6(h)2023-11-16
- Absence Declaration PFAS2024-03-05
- Absence Declaration POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)2023-10-27
- Absence Declaration Red Phosphorus2023-11-16
- Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2024-05-15
- Packaging, Packaging Waste and CONEG declaration (94/62/EC)2021-12-06
- REACH Registration Statement2024-03-27
- REACH STATEMENT KOREA2023-11-16
- REACH STATEMENT TURKYE2023-11-16
- RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
- SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2024-03-27
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Life cycle assessment
Life cycle assessment
Applications
Rheological properties
Melt volume-flow rate
32
cm³/10min
ISO 1133
Temperature
290
°C
ISO 1133
Load
5
kg
ISO 1133
Melt flow index MFI
28
g/10min
ISO 1133
MFI test temperature
290
°C
ISO 1133
MFI test load
5
kg
ISO 1133
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
2.8
%
ISO 294-4
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.8
%
ISO 294-4
Mechanical properties
Tensile modulus
2000
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Yield strain
6
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break
50
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break
30
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
N
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
N
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
75
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
20
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Thermal properties
Melting temperature (10°C/min)
250
°C
ISO 11357-1/-3
Electrical properties
Volume resistivity
>1E13
Ohm*m
IEC 62631-3-1
Electric strength
36
kV/mm
IEC 60243-1
Other properties
Humidity absorption
1.7
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Density
1050
kg/m³
ISO 1183
Diagrams
Applications
Gasoline Tank in hybrid cars
Industry
Automotive
Material
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