- Polyamide
- Also called Antrons, Cantrece, Crepeset, Enkalure, Qiana, and other names in trade.
- Nylon 6 and nylon 66 are most common forms of nylon.
- Nylon 6: -[-CO(CH2)5NH-]-n; Nylon 66: -[-CO(CH2)4CO-NH(CH2)6NH-]-+
- Photo: Nylon 6 and nylon 66 for textile use. (Diytrade, 2009)
- The first name for nylon was “miracle fiber”
Since the 1940’s, more stockings were made from nylon
- In 1935, nylon was invented by Wallace Carothers
- (9 Nylon 6 and Nylon 66. 2006)
- (Salusso, C. J. 2005)
- (Stockings. 2004)
- (Krasny, J. F.,2009)
