EcoPaXX® Q-DWX12

60% Glass Reinforced, Excellent Surface Properties, Drinking Water Grade, Food Contact Quality

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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.
Sustainability
Bio-based
Special features
  • Good surface properties
  • Drinking Water Contact Grade
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
  • Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2024-05-15
  • Drinking Water Approval Statement Black2024-01-29
  • Drinking Water Approval Statement Natural2024-01-29
  • Food Contact Canada Information (LONO)2019-07-08
  • Food Contact Declaration Europe EcoPaXX®2023-08-10
  • Food Contact Declaration MERCOSUR EcoPaXX®2023-11-06
  • Food Contact Declaration USA EcoPaXX®2023-11-21
  • Food Contact India Information Letter2023-05-11
  • 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
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Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.28
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
0.64
%
Spiral flow length 1.0 mm 800 bar
38
mm
Spiral flow length 1.0 mm 1000 bar
50
mm
Spiral flow length 1.0 mm 1200 bar
62
mm

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
21600
MPa
Tensile modulus (-40°C)
22200
MPa
Tensile modulus (40°C)
21500
MPa
Tensile modulus (80°C)
15400
MPa
Tensile modulus (100°C)
7500
MPa
Tensile modulus (120°C)
5300
MPa
Tensile modulus (140°C)
4500
MPa
Tensile modulus (160°C)
3800
MPa
Stress at break
260
MPa
Stress at break (-40°C)
340
MPa
Stress at break (80°C)
155
MPa
Stress at break (100°C)
105
MPa
Stress at break (120°C)
71
MPa
Stress at break (140°C)
56
MPa
Stress at break (160°C)
47
MPa
Strain at break
2.4
%
Strain at break (-40°C)
2.4
%
Strain at break (80°C)
4.1
%
Strain at break (120°C)
9
%
Strain at break (140°C)
8.5
%
Strain at break (160°C)
8
%
Flexural modulus
20200
MPa
Flexural modulus (120°C)
5900
MPa
Flexural strength
415
MPa
Flexural strength (120°C)
100
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
98
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
100
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
15
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
18
kJ/m²
Weldline strength at thickness 1
86
MPa
Weldline strain at thickness 1
0.5
%
Thickness tested (1)
4
mm

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
250
°C
Glass transition temperature (10°C/min)
85
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
200
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
235
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.12
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.48
E-4/°C

Other properties

Water absorption
2.7
%
Humidity absorption
1.1
%
Density
1710
kg/m³

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