Akulon® S223-HG3

15% Glass Fiber 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

Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
1
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.5
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
6200
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
6050
MPa
Tensile modulus (40°C)
5300
MPa
Tensile modulus (100°C)
2400
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
2200
MPa
Tensile modulus (140°C)
2050
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
1950
MPa
Tensile modulus (180°C)
1850
MPa
Tensile modulus (200°C)
1750
MPa
Stress at break
125
MPa
Strain at break
3
%
Flexural modulus
5500
MPa
Flexural strength
205
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
40
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
35
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
6
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
5
kJ/m²
Izod notched impact strength (+23°C)
5
kJ/m²
Puncture - maximum force (+23°C)
600
N
Puncture - maximum force (-30°C)
550
N
Puncture energy (+23°C)
1.7
J
Puncture energy (-30°C)
1.5
J

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
260
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
240
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
250
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (8.00 MPa)
70
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.4
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.9
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)
0.75
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)
0.71
mm
Relative Temperature Index - without impact
130
°C
RTI without impact (Thickness (2) tested)
1.5
mm

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
4
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
4
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
80
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
150
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
35
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
450
V

Other properties

Water absorption
7
%
Humidity absorption
2.2
%
Density
1240
kg/m³