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What is Nylon, anyway?

April 26, 2017nylon

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What is Nylon, anyway?

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Nylon is a polymer, which is to say a long molecule composed of many identical units, chemically known as polyamide. The form described as Nylon 6,6 is stretch nylon (brand names include Ban-Lon and BriNylon). Nylon 6 is a polycaprolactam (brand names include Akulon, Amilen, Carpolan, Enkalon, Grillon, and Perlon). Nylon 11 is yet another form of nylon (one brand name is Rislan). Synthesizing nylon was one of the more fun labs in my college organic chemistry classes.