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Identification & Functionality
- Additives Included
- Chemical Family
- Polymer Name
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Product Highlight
NYCOSIX grades are available in a wide range of viscosities including low, medium, high, and ultra-high. In addition, nylon extractable levels can be customized, along with certain additive packages to meet customers’ specifications. Finally, NYCOA’s NYCOSIX grades offer a unique opportunity to incorporate inorganic in-situ, introducing chemistries such as Nano-clay particles and micronized silica particles, as well as key additives that provide performance benefits across different applications.
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Plastics & Elastomers Processing Methods
- Applications
- NYCO6 1047 is approved to automotive specifications from GM, FORD, and CHRYSLER. It is also recognized by Underwriters Laboratories to standard UL 94-V-2 in thicknesses as low as 0.7mm.
- NYCO6 1047 is used for a variety of applications that include electrical connectors, gears, and convoluted tubing.
- Applications
Due to their excellent balance of properties and higher added value versus competitive engineering materials, NYCOA nylons are used in a wide variety of market segments such as wire and cable, monofilaments, fluid containment tanks, tubing and profile, automotive, electrical/electronics, and sports and leisure.
Properties
- Flame Rating
- Mechanical Properties
- Physical Properties
- Thermal Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Flexural Modulus | 406000 | psi | ASTM D 790 |
| Flexural Strength | 15950 | psi | ASTM D 790 |
| Hardness, Rockwell (R Scale) | 117 | — | ASTM D 785 |
| Notched Izod Impact | 0.9 | ft.lbs./in. | ASTM D 256 |
| Tensile Strength | 13050 | psi | ASTM D 638 |
| Ultimate Elongation | 40 | % | ASTM D 638 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Linear Mold Shrinkage (Normal) | 1.4 | % | ASTM D 955 |
| Linear Mold Shrinkage (Parallel) | 1.2 | % | ASTM D 955 |
| Specific Gravity | 1.13 | — | ASTM D 792 |
| Water Absorption (at 24 hours) | 1.7 | % | ASTM D 570 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Heat Deflection Temperature (at 264 psi) | 155 | °F | ASTM D 648 |
| Heat Deflection Temperature (at 66 psi) | 375 | °F | ASTM D 648 |
| Melting Temperature | 430 | °F | ASTM D 789 |
Regulatory & Compliance