History of Natural and Synthetic Polymers

Nylon is Dupont’s trade name for aliphatic polyamides. Aramid is a generic term for fully aromatic polyamides Nylon 1 has one C in the main chain of its mer (repeating unit). Nylon 2 has two C’s in the main chain of its mer. Nylon 3 has three C’s in the main chain of its mer, etc. 3-methyl-3-aminobutanoic acid lactam (-methyl-(-butyrolactam ................
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