Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Nylon
- What is Nylon?
- It is a artificial fabric.
- It is made from petroleum products.
- It is light weighted, great tensile strength,
durability and is resistant to damage.
- It can be very sensitive to heat.
- What is Nylon used for?
- It is used for making fishing nets, ropes,
parachutes and different types of cords.
- It is used for making materials,
in the textile industry.
- Crinkled nylon fibres
are used for making
elastic hosiery.
- It is used as plastic for
making machine parts.
- It is blended with wool, to increase it's strength.
- What is Nylon made out of?
- It is made out of two chemical compounds.
- Hexanedioxyl dichloride
- Diaminohexane
- History of Nylon
- It was developed in the 1930's, as an
alternative to silk.
- During World War Two, nylon became unavailable to the
local consumers, because it was extensively used.
- Nylon was invented by Wallace Carothers.
- Facts and Information about Nylon
- It is the second most used fibre in the USA.
- It is versatile and very easy to make.
- The molecules in Nylon
- Is it made using a technique
called Ring Opening
Polymerization.
- The cyclic shaped molecule is
opened and flattened.