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Nylon fibres are used in a number of textile applications, most often in (1) outerwear (3) high strength textiles such as parachutes and tyres, (4) industrial fabrics, and (5) other high-strength fabric applications.
Most commercially available nylon fibres are based upon N66, N6, or a copolymer based upon those two nylons.
Thus nylon was introduced to the public by means of women’s hosiery, and became an instant success…the world’s first synthetic fiber and the first fiber developed in the United States.
Nylon was also used to filter blood plasma and as sewing thread for shoes and apparel.
Today nylon is used in a myriad of common items, from seat belts to ski boots, from conveyor belts to tool and appliance handles, from lawn mower blades to ship propellers; umbrellas, paint brushes, hair brush bristles, toothbrush bristles, fishing nets, parachute fabrics, ropes, sails, luggage, backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags are made of nylon.
Nylon is made of repeating units with amide linkages between them: hence it is frequently referred to as a polyamide.
Most types of nylon are condensation polymers, formed by reacting almost exactly equal parts of a diamine and a dicarboxylic acid, so that peptide bonds form on each end of a given monomer in a process analogous to biological polypeptide formation.
The most common variant is nylon 6,6, also called nylon 66, which refers to the fact that both the diamine (hexamethylene diamine) and the diacid (adipic acid) have 6 carbon backbones.
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