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Polyamide (PA, Nylon) 4/6 (46)

PA 4/6 is a thermoplastic, further classified as a polyamide (or Nylon) plastic. It can have a moderately high tensile strength among the thermoplastics in the database.

The properties of PA 4/6 include six common variations. This page shows summary ranges across all of them. For more specific values, follow the links immediately below. The graph bars on the material properties cards further below compare PA 4/6 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

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

1.0 to 16 GPa 0.15 to 2.3 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

2.5 to 50 %

Flexural Modulus

0.9 to 14 GPa 0.13 to 2.0 x 106 psi

Flexural Strength

50 to 350 MPa 7.3 to 51 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

120 to 250 MPa 17 to 36 x 103 psi

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz

3.9 to 22

Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz

3.6 to 4.7

Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential)

15 to 30 kV/mm 0.59 to 1.2 V/mil

Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude

7.0 to 13 10x Ω-m

Other Material Properties

Melting Onset (Solidus)

300 °C 560 °F

Followup Questions

Further Reading

Reinforced Plastics Durability, Geoffrey Pritchard (editor), 1999

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