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Nylon
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Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers linked by amide bonds, melt-processed into fibers, films and molded parts with a soft, sometimes silk-like texture. Wallace Hume Carothers, working at DuPont's Experimental Station, synthesized the first nylon, nylon 66, on February 28, 1935, the product of a DuPont research program that began in 1927 and was publicly announced in 1938. It reached consumers first in a nylon-bristled toothbrush in 1938 and then, far more famously, in women's stockings sold commercially from 1940. Beyond apparel and hosiery, nylon's uses range from carpet and tire cord to molded automotive and electrical components and food-packaging film.
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Primary UseTextiles and fibers such as apparel, carpet and tire cord; molded components for automotive and electrical equipment; and film for food packaging. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Nylon is a synthetic thermoplastic polymer, one of the founding materials of the modern plastics industry.
Nylon's introduction as a fiber for hosiery and apparel from 1940 reshaped the textile industry's materials base.
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The first nylon, nylon 66, was synthesized on February 28, 1935, by Wallace Hume Carothers at DuPont's research facility at the DuPont Experimental Station.
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extensive commercial applications, including uses in textiles and fibers (such as apparel, flooring and rubber reinforcement), molded components for automotive and electrical equipment, and films (mostly for food packaging).
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