Explore the science and history of nylon, the groundbreaking synthetic fiber that transformed textiles, fashion, and ...

Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don&… ...

A filament of nylon may have a million or more molecules, each taking some of the strain when the filament is stretched. It was exactly what Du Pont had hoped for, and nylon was patented in 1935.

O670: Polymerization – Synthesis of Nylon Introduction Solutions of 1,6-hexanediamine and sebacoyl chloride are poured carefully into the same container. Nylon polymer forms at the interface of the ...