Nylon 6.0
Chemical Designation: Polyamide 6
DIN Abbreviation: PA 6
Colour, Filler: opaque
Stock Availability: Standard length 3 metres, also cut to size
Rod 4 – 300 mm dia
Plate 1 – 100 mm thick
Tube 20 – 300 mm OD
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Finished parts, machined or injection moulded
Nylon 6.0 is a semicrystalline engineering thermoplastic with high toughness for varied applications.
Main characteristics: very tough rigid
good sliding properties electrically insulating
very abrasion resistant easily machined
resistant to many oils, greases, easily welded and bonded
diesels, petrol, cleaning agents,…
- Preferred Fields: Mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, transport and conveyor technology, textile, packaging and paper processing machinery, printing and drinks dispensing machinery, household articles, electrical engineering, building machinery, agricultural machinery
Applications: gear wheels friction bearings
friction strips conveyor screws
bushes, spindle nuts cam discs
piston guides rope pulleys
castors plug parts
impact plates damping plates
Nylon 6.0 – Poliamida 6
The following information corresponds with our current knowledge and indicates our products and possible applications. We cannot give a legally binding guarantee of certain properties or the suitability for a specific application. Existing commercial patents must be observed. A definitive quality guarantee is given in our general conditions of sales. Unless otherwise stated, these values represent averages taken from injection moulding samples. We reserve the right of technical alterations.
| Properties | Unit | Test Method DIN ASTM | Dry | Wet * |
| Mechanical | ||||
| Density | g/cm³ | 53 479 | 1.14 | |
| Tensile strength at yield | MPa | 53 455 | 85 | 60 |
| Tensile strength at break | MPa | 53 455 | ||
| Elongation at break | % | 53 455 | 70 | 200 |
| Modulus of elasticity in tension | MPa | 53 457 | 3200 | 1800 |
| Modulus of elasticity in flexure | MPa | 53 457 | ||
| Ball indentation hardness | MPa | 53 456 | 160 | 70 |
| Impact strength (Charpy) | kJ/m2 | 53 453 | no. br. | |
| Creep rupture strength after 100o hrs with static load | MPa | 45 | ||
| Time yield for 1% elongation after 1000 hrs. | MPa | 4.5 | ||
| Coefficient of friction against hardened and ground steel p = 0,05 N/mm², v = 0,6 m/s | – | 0.38 – 0.45 | ||
| Wear conditions as above | µm/Km | 0.23 | ||
| Thermal | ||||
| Crystalline melting point | °C | 53 736 | 220 | |
| Glass transition temperature | °C | 53 736 | 40 | 5 |
| Heat distortion temperature Method A Method B | °C °C | ISO 75 ISO 75 | 75 190 | |
| Properties | Unit | Test Method DIN ASTM | Dry | Wet * |
| Thermal | ||||
| Max. service temperature short term long term | °C °C | 160 100 | ||
| Coefficient of thermal conductivity | W/(m . K) | 0.23 | ||
| Specific heat | J/(g . K) | 1.7 | ||
| Coefficient of thermal expansion | 10-5/K | 7 | ||
| Electrical | ||||
| Dielectric constant at 105 Hz | 53 483 | 3.7 | 7 | |
| Dielectric loss factor 105 Hz | 53 483 | 0.031 | 0.3 | |
| Specific volume resistance | W . cm | 53 482 | 1015 | 1012 |
| Surface resistance | W | 53 482 | 1013 | 1010 |
| Dielectric strength 1 mm | kV/mm | 53 481 | 50 | 20 |
| Tracking resistance | 53 480 | CTI 600 | CTI 600 | |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Moisture absorption: Equilibrium in standard atmosphere (23 °C / 50 % relative humidity) | % | 53 714 | 3 | |
| Water absorption at saturation at 23 °C | % | 53 495 | 9.5 | |
| Resistance to hot water, washing soda | limited resistant | |||
| Flammability | UL 94 | HB | ||
| Resistance to weathering | not resistant | |||
* after storage in a standard 23/50 atmosphere (DIN 50 014) to equilibrium.