Akulon® K224-G0
50% Glass Fiber Reinforced
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
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
- CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 (carbon black)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
- 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
- RoHS Statement (2011/65/EC: Heavy metals)2024-02-01
- SVHC, REACH Annex XIV and –XVII Statement2025-11-06
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Injection Molding
Design challenge
Designing structural parts | high strength and stiffness solutions
Designing structural parts | high strength and stiffness solutions
Automotive OEM
BMW, MERCEDES, VOLVO
BMW, MERCEDES, VOLVO
OEM Specification
DBL 5409.15 (2014-11)
GS 93016 (2011-01)
GS93016
VCS1027,2719
VCS1027,2729 : grade 2 - grade 3
VCS1027,2739
VCS1027,2749
VCS5031,19
DBL 5409.15 (2014-11)
GS 93016 (2011-01)
GS93016
VCS1027,2719
VCS1027,2729 : grade 2 - grade 3
VCS1027,2739
VCS1027,2749
VCS5031,19
Rheological properties
Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.3
%
ISO 294-4
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.2
%
ISO 294-4
Mechanical properties
Tensile modulus
16300
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
17300
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (40°C)
13800
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (100°C)
7300
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (120°C)
6850
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (140°C)
6150
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (160°C)
6200
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (180°C)
5700
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Tensile modulus (200°C)
4750
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at break
230
MPa
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break
3.2
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break (120°C)
7.5
%
ISO 527-1/-2
Flexural modulus
15500
MPa
ISO 178
Flexural strength
360
MPa
ISO 178
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
100
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
90
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eU
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
20
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
15
kJ/m²
ISO 179/1eA
Izod notched impact strength (+23°C)
20
kJ/m²
ISO 180/1A
Puncture - maximum force (+23°C)
1200
N
ISO 6603-2
Puncture - maximum force (-30°C)
1060
N
ISO 6603-2
Puncture energy (+23°C)
4.2
J
ISO 6603-2
Puncture energy (-30°C)
3.7
J
ISO 6603-2
Thermal properties
Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
ISO 11357-1/-3
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
210
°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)
0.1
E-4/°C
ISO 11359-1/-2
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.5
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
-
-
Glow Wire Flammability Index GWFI
700
°C
IEC 60695-2-12
GWFI (Thickness (1) tested)
2
mm
IEC 60695-2-12
Glow Wire Flammability Index GWFI
700
°C
IEC 60695-2-12
GWFI (Thickness (2) tested)
1.5
mm
IEC 60695-2-12
Glow Wire Ignition Temperature GWIT
725
°C
IEC 60695-2-13
GWIT (Thickness (1) tested)
2
mm
IEC 60695-2-13
Glow Wire Ignition Temperature GWIT
725
°C
IEC 60695-2-13
GWIT (Thickness (2) tested)
1.5
mm
IEC 60695-2-13
Electrical properties
Relative permittivity (100Hz)
3.5
-
IEC 62631-2-1
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
5.2
-
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
35
kV/mm
IEC 60243-1
Comparative tracking index
V
IEC 60112
Other properties
Water absorption
4.7
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Humidity absorption
1.5
%
Sim. to ISO 62
Density
1560
kg/m³
ISO 1183
Rheological calculation properties
Density of melt
1380
kg/m³
-
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.37
W/(m K)
-
Spec. heat capacity melt
1900
J/(kg K)
-
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.41E-7
m²/s
-
