EcoPaXX® Q170E

Film Extrusion, Monofilament Grade, Medium Viscosity, Extrusion, 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.
Product
EcoPaXX® Q170E is an unfilled long aliphatic polyamide for use in film & monofilament extrusion
Sustainability
Bio-based
Special features
  • Medium viscosity
  • Monofilament grade
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
  • CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 (NDS)2024-01-02
  • Conflict minerals declaration (EICC, GeSI)2024-03-21
  • 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
  • Turkish customs legislation info letter (EK-8 form)2023-11-16
Processing technology
Extrusion, Injection Molding
Design challenge
Life cycle assessment
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Rheological properties

Melt volume-flow rate
26
cm³/10min
Temperature
280
°C
Load
2.16
kg
Melt flow index MFI
24
g/10min
MFI test temperature
280
°C
MFI test load
2.16
kg

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
3000
MPa
Yield strain
4.5
%
Stress at break
80
MPa
Strain at break
20
%
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
N
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
5.4
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
3.6
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
250
°C
Oxygen index
24
%

Other properties

Water absorption
5.8
%
Humidity absorption
1.9
%
Density
1090
kg/m³

Material specific properties

Viscosity number
170
cm³/g

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