PA11 printed by selective laser sintering is a semi-crystalline polyamide made from castor-oil-derived powder, fused layer by layer in a heated powder bed. The surrounding unsintered powder supports the part, so no support structures are needed and many parts can be nested in one build. As-printed parts have a matte, slightly grainy surface, some residual porosity and modest anisotropy between build directions. Parts are depowdered and usually bead blasted, tumbled, dyed or coated. It is used for functional prototypes, snap-fits, living hinges, housings, ducts and impact-loaded end-use parts.
Compliance & Regulations
Each row is one condition this material was measured in. Its values and curves are in the tables and charts below, labelled with the condition; the ranges here span that row's own cited values and are never averaged across rows.
| Condition | UTS (MPa) | Elongation (%) | E (GPa) | Density (kg/m³) | Values | Curves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EOS PA 1102 Black | — | — | — | 990 | 1 | 0 |
| EOS PA 1101 | — | — | — | 1030 | 8 | 0 |
| Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder, conditioned |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notched Charpy Impact Strength(acN) | 3.900 – 7.800 | kJ/m² | 11 entriesClick to expand | ||
Elongation at Break(εf) | 12.00 – 150 | % | 10 entriesClick to expand | ||
Flexural Modulus(Ef)3 entries | 253.8 | ksi | BASF Forward AM Ultrasint PA11, dry as moulded · dry as moulded · DIN EN ISO 178 · X | ||
| ↳ | 261.1 | ksi | BASF Forward AM Ultrasint PA11, dry as moulded · dry as moulded · DIN EN ISO 178 · Z | ||
| ↳ | 203.1 | ksi | Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder, conditioned · conditioned · ASTM D 790-15 | ||
Flexural Strength (MOR)(σf) | 7.977 | ksi | Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder, conditioned · conditioned · ASTM D 790-15 | ||
Hardness (Shore D)(Shore D) | 75.00 | Shore D | EOS PA 1101, dry as moulded · dry as moulded · ISO 7619-1 · X | ||
Notched Izod Impact Strength(Izod) | 71.00 | J/m | Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder, conditioned · conditioned · ASTM D256-10 | ||
Ultimate Tensile Strength(σUTS) | 4.206 – 7.832 | ksi | 11 entriesClick to expand | ||
Young's Modulus(E) | 53.66 – 261.1 | ksi | 11 entriesClick to expand | ||
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glass Transition Temperature(Tg) | 115.5 | °F | — | ||
Heat Deflection Temperature(HDT) | 114.8 – 359.6 | °F | 8 entriesClick to expand | ||
Melting Point / Solidus(Tm)3 entries | 397.4 | °F | BASF Forward AM Ultrasint PA11 · ISO 11357 | ||
| ↳ | 393.8 | °F | EOS PA 1101 · ISO 11357-1/-3 | ||
| ↳ | 364.3 | °F | — | ||
Vicat Softening Temperature(VST) | 372.2 | °F | Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder, conditioned · conditioned · ASTM D 1525 | ||
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ)3 entries | 0.03685 | lb/in³ | BASF Forward AM Ultrasint PA11 · DIN EN ISO 1183-1 | ||
| ↳ | 0.03721 | lb/in³ | EOS PA 1101 · ISO 1183-1 | ||
| ↳ | 0.03577 | lb/in³ | EOS PA 1102 Black · EOS Method | ||
Water Absorption(WA) | 0.07000 | % | Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder, conditioned · conditioned · ASTM D570 |
Reference data from cited sources. Not verified or certified by MatWorld Inc. Verify against the source before use in design. Terms: engineering data
| 49 |
| 40.0 |
| 2 |
| — |
| 10 |
| 0 |
| BASF Forward AM Ultrasint PA11 | — | — | — | 1020 | 2 | 0 |
| BASF Forward AM Ultrasint PA11, dry as moulded | 29–54 | 24.0–150.0 | 0–2 | — | 16 | 0 |
| EOS PA 1101, dry as moulded | 48–50 | 12.0–30.0 | 2 | — | 18 | 0 |
| EOS PA 1102 Black, dry as moulded | 48 | — | 2 | — | 9 | 0 |
Machines the manufacturer states for this material.