Akulon® F223-D CRC-MB

Low/Medium Viscosity, General purpose, Injection Molding, Food Contact Quality

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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.
Sustainability
Mass balanced, Recycled based
Special features
  • Low viscosity
  • Medium viscosity
General Document
Regulatory Affairs
  • Absence Declaration BNST2023-11-16
  • Absence Declaration Biocidal Products2023-11-16
  • 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 Chemicals2024-04-25
  • Absence Declaration PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)2023-11-16
  • 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 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
  • CRC-MB vs. fossil grades, non-existence of difference2023-05-31
  • Food Contact Canada Information (LONO)2019-07-08
  • Food Contact Declaration Europe Akulon®2023-08-10
  • Food Contact Declaration MERCOSUR Akulon®2024-05-06
  • Food Contact Declaration USA Akulon®2023-11-21
  • Food Contact India Information Letter (PA6)2023-05-11
  • 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
Applications
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Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
44
cm³/10min
Temperature
260
°C
Load
2.16
kg
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
1.1
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.1
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
3200
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
3500
MPa
Tensile modulus (100°C)
500
MPa
Yield stress
87
MPa
Yield stress (-40°C)
122
MPa
Yield strain
4
%
Yield strain (-40°C)
7.2
%
Nominal strain at break
20
%
Nominal strain at break (-40°C)
11
%
Stress at break (-40°C)
105
MPa
Flexural modulus
2850
MPa
Flexural strength
120
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
4.5
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
2.5
kJ/m²
Weldline strength at thickness 1
85
MPa
Weldline strain at thickness 1
10
%
Thickness tested (1)
4
mm

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
60
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
150
°C
Vicat softening temperature (50°C/h 50N)
195
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.9
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.9
E-4/°C
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
V-2
class
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
V-2
class
Thickness tested
3
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Oxygen index
26
%
Ball pressure temperature
205
°C
Glow Wire Flammability Index GWFI
900
°C
GWFI (Thickness (1) tested)
1.5
mm
Glow Wire Flammability Index GWFI
875
°C
GWFI (Thickness (2) tested)
0.75
mm
Glow Wire Ignition Temperature GWIT
825
°C
GWIT (Thickness (1) tested)
1.5
mm
Glow Wire Ignition Temperature GWIT
875
°C
GWIT (Thickness (2) tested)
1
mm
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
120
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - electrical
120
°C
RTI electrical (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
65
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - with impact
70
°C
RTI with impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
85
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (1) tested)
0.75
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
85
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (2) tested)
3
mm

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.2
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
3
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
50
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
150
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
28
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
V

Other properties

Water absorption
10
%
Humidity absorption
2.8
%
Density
1130
kg/m³

Material specific properties

Viscosity number
132
cm³/g

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
960
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.23
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
2680
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
8.82E-8
m²/s

Diagrams

Applications

Office Chair

Industry
Consumer goods
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