Material profile
PA6
Standard: ISO 1874Category: Plastics
Typical properties and references
Key properties
Representative values at room temperature unless noted.
- Density (kg/m3)
- 1,150 kg/m3
- Young's modulus E (GPa)
- 2.5 GPa
- Shear modulus G (GPa)
- 0.9 GPa
- Yield strength (MPa)
- 60 MPa
- Ultimate tensile strength (MPa)
- 80 MPa
- Thermal expansion α (um/m-K)
- 80 um/m-K
Notes
Typical values; grade and moisture dependent.
Use in tools
Prefill a calculator with this material's properties.
Sources
Reference documents and handbooks used for typical values.
- ISO 1043
- Material datasheets