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Nylon 6 and nylon 66 fibres

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Manufactured Fibre Technology

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Nylon 66 and nylon 6 are two important members of a group of polymers known as polyamides. The structural units of a polyamide are joined together by an amide, -NH-CO-, group. A polyamide manufactured from aliphatic monomer(s) is commonly designated as nylon. However, the US Federal Trade Commission has defined nylon as a manufactured fibre in which the fibre-forming substance is a long-chain synthetic polyamide in which less than 85% of the amide linkages are attached directly to two aromatic rings, while a polyamide in which at least 85% of the amide links are joined to two aromatic groups is known as an aramid. Aramid fibres are mainly used for industrial applications and are described in Chapter 18.

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Deopura, B.L., Mukherjee, A.K. (1997). Nylon 6 and nylon 66 fibres. In: Gupta, V.B., Kothari, V.K. (eds) Manufactured Fibre Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5854-1_13

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