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The 36 pages that link to Nylon, each with the reason it gives.

• PolymerBroader topic: Nylon demonstrates how polymer chains can form strong, useful fibers.

• PolymerizationBroader topic: Nylon illustrates how step-growth reactions produce strong engineering polymers.

• DuPontBroader topic: DuPont’s research team transformed the material into a mass-market fiber.

• Dicarboxylic acidBroader topic: Adipic acid is a dicarboxylic-acid feedstock for nylon 6,6.

• Step-growth polymerizationBroader topic: Common nylon types form by step-growth reactions of diamines and diacids or lactams.

• Synthetic fiberBroader topic: Nylon fibers serve clothing, carpets, ropes, and technical textiles.

• PolyamideBroader topic: Nylon is the best-known synthetic polyamide family and spans textile and engineering uses.

• Polymer chemistryBroader topic: Hydrogen bonding between chains helps produce strong, durable materials.

• Wallace CarothersBroader topic: Carothers’s group developed nylon 6,6, a durable fiber made by condensation polymerization.

• Condensation reactionBroader topic: Common nylon synthesis joins monomers by amide-forming condensation.

• Synthetic polymerBroader topic: Its strength and abrasion resistance made it a landmark synthetic fiber.

• Du Pont familyBroader topic: This product represents the company’s expansion from explosives into consumer materials.