Akulon® Ultraflow K-FG0

Chemical Family: Polyamides

Akulon® Ultraflow K-FG0 is a high-performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 material used worldwide in automotive, electronics, electrical, furniture, and packaging applications. It excels in molded parts, providing a fine balance between design ease and processing efficiency while delivering remarkable mechanical properties across a broad temperature range and various conditions. In extrusion, it sets industry standards with its exceptional strength, resilience, and ease of processing. Ideal for injection molding, its notable features include 50% glass reinforcement and high flow capabilities.

Other characteristics

Brand: Akulon®
Polymer Name: Polyamide 6 (PA 6)
Fillers Included: Glass Fiber
Processing Methods: Injection Molding, Injection Molding
Reinforcement Material: Glass Fibers
Markets: Automotive & Transportation
Consumer Goods
Technology: Composite Materials
Plastics
OEM Standards: Renault
Packaging Type: Bags
Boxes
Silos
Super Sacks
Material Features: High Flow
High Stiffness
High Strength
Light Weight
OEM Specifications: RENAULT FEM 03-20-007-A
RENAULT PMR
Reinforcement Form: Tape
Unidirectional Fabric
Application Data: Akulon® PA6 allows for light weight, cost effective solutions in comparison with metals (no corrosion protection coating needed with PA6); Akulon® (UltraFlow) PA6 allows for great appearance solutions, since it yields a better surface appearance than PA66 and PPA (even at 50-60%GF); Akulon® UltraFlow PA6 allows for even more cost effective solutions, since it yields faster molding than standard PA6 and enables thinner wall designs
Certifications and Compliance: ISO 14001
OHSAS
REACH (Europe)
Chair Arms Application Data: Akulon® PA6 allows for light weight, cost effective solutions in comparison with metals (no corrosion protection coating needed with PA6); Akulon® (UltraFlow) PA6 allows for great appearance solutions, since it yields a better surface appearance than PA66 (even at 50-60%GF); Akulon® UltraFlow PA6 allows for even more cost effective solutions, since it yields faster molding than standard PA6 and enables thinner wall designs

Technical data

Table 1 of 7

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Characteristic	Value	Unit	Method
Tensile Modulus	16500 / 11000	MPa	ISO 527-1/-2
Stress at Break	220 / 155	MPa	ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at Break	2.5 / 5	%	ISO 527-1/-2
Flexural Modulus	15500 / -	MPa	ISO 178
Flexural Strength	335 / -	MPa	ISO 178
Charpy Impact Strength (at +23°C)	90 / 100	kJ/m²	ISO 179/1eU
Charpy Impact Strength (at -30°C)	85 / 85	kJ/m²	ISO 179/1eU
Charpy Notched Impact Strength (at +23°C)	15 / 25	kJ/m²	ISO 179/1eA
Charpy Notched Impact Strength (at -30°C)	12 / 12	kJ/m²	ISO 179/1eA

Table 2 of 7

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Characteristic	Value	Unit	Method
Melting Temperature (10°C/min)	220 / *	°C	ISO 11357-1/-3
Temperature of Deflection Under Load (1.80 MPa)	210 / *	°C	ISO 75-1/-2
Temperature of Deflection Under Load (0.45 MPa)	220 / *	°C	ISO 75-1/-2
Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion (parallel)	0.1 / *	E-4/°C	ISO 11359-1/-2
Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion (normal)	0.5 / *	E-4/°C	ISO 11359-1/-2

Table 3 of 7

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Characteristic	Value	Unit	Method
Relative Permittivity (100Hz)	3.5 / 14	—	IEC 62631-2-1
Relative Permittivity (1 MHz)	5.2 / 4.5	—	IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation Factor (100 Hz)	50 / 3000	E-4	IEC 62631-2-1
Dissipation Factor (1 MHz)	150 / 1200	E-4	IEC 62631-2-1
Volume Resistivity	1E13 / 1E11	Ohm*m	IEC 62631-3-1
Surface Resistivity	- / 1E14	Ohm	IEC 62631-3-2
Comparative Tracking Index	600 / -	V	IEC 60112

Table 4 of 7

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Characteristic	Value	Unit
Density of Melt	1360 / *	kg/m³
Thermal Conductivity of Melt	0.3 / *	W/(m K)
Specific Heat Capacity Melt	1870 / *	J/(kg K)
Effective Thermal Diffusivity	1.18E-7 / *	m²/s

Table 5 of 7

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Characteristic	Value	Unit	Method
Water Absorption	4.5 / *	%	Sim. to ISO 62
Humidity Absorption	1.4 / *	%	Sim. to ISO 62
Density	1560 / -	kg/m³	ISO 1183

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