Nylon 6 Specification Sheet

PROPERTIES	ASTM TEST METHOD	UNITS	GENERAL PURPOSE	IMPACT MODIFIED	ULTRA HIGH IMPACT	GLASS REINFORCED
GLASS/MINERAL CONTENT						15%	20%	35%	40%
PRODUCT			BS-10 BS-30	BI-10 BI-30	BD-10 BD-30	BR-13 BR-33	BR-14 BR-34	BR-17 BR-37	BR-18 BR-38
MECHANICAL
TENSILE STRENGTH	D-638	psi MPa	11,000 75.8	8,000 55.2	7,000 48.3	14,500 100	17,000 117	23,000 159	26,000 179
ULTIMATE ELONGATION	D-638	%	60	90	70	4-5	3-4	2-3	2-3
FLEXURAL MODULUS OF ELASTICITY	D-790	psi MPa	390,000 2689	250,000 1794	230,000 1586	725,000 4999	900,000 6206	1,250,000 8619	1,400,000 9653
FLEXURAL STRENGTH	D-790	psi MPa	15,000 103	11,000 75.8	9,800 67	20,000 138	22,000 152	29,000 200	33,000 228
IZOD IMPACT STRENGTH 1/8" THICKNESS @73F	D-256	ftlb/in J/m	1.1 59	3.5 187	18 960	0.9 48	1.5 80	2.1 112	2.5 133
ROCKWELL HARDNESS	D-785	M Scale R Scale	78 118	75 108	75 110	88 119	88 120	90 121	92 122
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AT YIELD	D-695	psi MPa	9,000 62	8,000 55	6,500 45	15,000 103	20,000 138	25,000 172	30,000 207
THERMAL
MELTING RANGE	D-789	F C	420-440 216-227	410-430 210-221	400-420 204-216	420-440 216-227	420-440 216-227	420-440 216-227	420-440 216-227
HEAT DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE @264 @1.82 MPa @66psi @0.45 MPa	D-648 D-648	F C F C	147 64 360 182	140 60 350 177	128 53 340 171	380 193 410 210	400 204 420 216	420 216 425 218	420 216 425 218
MISCELLANEOUS
FLAMMABILITY	UL-94		94 V-2	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB
MOISTURE ABSORPTION 24HR IMMERSION	D-570	%	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.0
SPECIFIC GRAVITY	D-792		1.12-1.14	1.08-1.10	1.06-1.08	1.22-1.24	1.26-1.28	1.37-1.39	1.45-1.47
MOLD SHRINKAGE	D-955	%	1.1-1.4	1.1-1.4	1.0-1.4	0.4-0.7	0.3-0.6	.02-0.5	0.1-0.4

PROPERTIES	ASTM TEST METHOD	UNITS	GLASS REINFORCED SUPERIOR FININSH	GLASS REINFORCED IMPACT MODIFIED			GLASS REINFORCED HIGH IMPACT			GLASS REINFORCED MINERAL FILLED	MINERAL FILLED
GLASS/MINERAL CONTENT			35%	15%	20%	35%	15%	20%	35%	40%	40%
PRODUCT			BW-17 BW-37	BT-13 BT-33	BT-14 BT-34	BT-17 BT-37	BJ-13 BJ-33	BJ-14 BJ-34	BJ-17 BJ-37	BL-18 BL-38	BH-18 BH-38
MECHANICAL
TENSILE STRENGTH	D-638	psi MPa	21,000 145	13,500 93.1	15,000 103	20,500 141	12,500 86.2	14,500 100	19,500 134	19,800 137	12,500 86.2
ULTIMATE ELONGATION	D-638	%	3-4	3-4	3-4	3-4	3-4	3-4	3-4	2-3	10-15
FLEXURAL MODULUS OF ELASTICITY	D-790	psi MPa	1,100,000 7584	600,000 4137	750,000 5171	950,000 6550	500,000 3448	600,000 4137	850,000 5861	1,100,000 7585	750,000 5171
FLEXURAL STRENGTH	D-790	psi MPa	25,000 155	18,000 124	22,000 152	30,000 207	15,600 108	19,000 131	27,000 179	27,000 186	18,000 124
IZOD IMPACT STRENGTH 1/8" THICKNESS @73F	D-256	ftlb/in J/m	2.0 107	2.2 117	2.4 128	2.7 144	2.5 133	3.0 160	4.0 213	0.75 40	0.85 45
ROCKWELL HARDNESS	D-785	M Scale R Scale	88 120	78 118	82 118	87 120	76 112	79 115	83 118	90 121	95 122
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AT YIELD	D-695	psi MPa	23,000 159	14,000 96.5	17,000 117	25,000 172	15,000 103	18,000 124	21,000 145	23,000 159	27,000 186
THERMAL
MELTING RANGE	D-789	F C	410-430 210-221	410-430 210-221	400-430 204-221	410-430 210-221	410-430 210-221	410-430 210-221	410-430 210-221	420-440 216-227	420-440 216-227
HEAT DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE @264 @1.82 MPa @66psi @0.45 MPa	D-648 D-648	F C F C	400 204 420 216	370 197 390 199	387 197 425 218	415 213 425 218	370 188 390 199	385 196 400 204	415 213 425 218	400 204 420 216	290 143 360 182
MISCELLANEOUS
FLAMMABILITY	UL-94		94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB	94 HB
MOISTURE ABSORPTION 24HR IMMERSION	D-570	%	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	1.2	0.9
SPECIFIC GRAVITY	D-792		1.37-1.38	1.17-1.19	1.22-1.24	1.29-1.31	1.18-1.20	1.25-1.27	1.29-1.31	1.46-1.48	1.46-1.48
MOLD SHRINKAGE	D-955	%	0.2-0.4	0.6-0.9	0.4-0.7	0.2-0.5	0.6-0.9	0.4-0.7	0.2-0.5	0.4-0.7	0.8-1.2