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 * Nylon and Chemistry ﻿ **

One can generate Nylon by the use of Organic Chemistry. History of Nylon: Hermann Staudinger, a German chemist, suggested that materials like silk and cotton are composed of small units linked together. Wallace Carother conducted an experiment that tested Staudinger's proposal. After testing his hypothesis and finding results that supported the idea, he produced Nylon. Later, scientist used Carother's research to generate nylon for the commercial use. Unlike cotton and silk nylon does not exist in nature. Nylon is created by the continuous removal of a thin film at the interface of immiscible liquids, as shown in the following video. In other words, the combination of specific materials creates nylon in the form of long, think, silk like fibers. This material is then converted into the nylon we are familiar with. . media type="youtube" key="y479OXBzCBQ" height="315" width="420" align="left"



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