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Dry PA 6/10

Dry PA 6/10 is a grade of PA 6/10. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare dry PA 6/10 to: polyamide plastics (top), all thermoplastics (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength

90 MPa 13 x 103 psi

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

2.3 GPa 0.33 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

110 %

Flexural Modulus

2.0 GPa 0.29 x 106 psi

Flexural Strength

59 MPa 8.6 x 103 psi

Impact Strength: Notched Izod

85 J/m 1.6 ft-lb/in

Rockwell R Hardness

110

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

60 MPa 8.7 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Glass Transition Temperature

220 °C 430 °F

Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi)

63 °C 140 °F

Heat Deflection Temperature At 455 kPa (66 psi)

150 °C 290 °F

Maximum Temperature: Decomposition

440 °C 820 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

80 °C 180 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

220 °C 430 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

1510 J/kg-K 0.36 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

0.23 W/m-K 0.13 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

80 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz

3.9

Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential)

19 kV/mm 0.72 V/mil

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density

1.1 g/cm3 71 lb/ft3

Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI)

25 %

Water Absorption After 24 Hours

0.26 %

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

1.1 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

39 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

15 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

30 points

Thermal Diffusivity

0.13 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

23 points

Followup Questions

Further Reading

SPI Plastics Engineering Handbook of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., 5th ed., Michael L. Berins (editor), 2000

Modern Plastics Handbook, Charles A. Harper (editor), 1999

Plastics Materials, 7th ed., J. A. Brydson, 1999