Nylon 6,6

Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materials by composition> > organic material > plastic (organic material) > <plastic by property> > thermoplastic > polyamide > nylon

Descripción

A durable, dyable nylon fiber formed from hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid. Nylon 6,6 was developed at DuPont in 1935. It is very similar in structure to nylon 6, a rival product created ny I.G. Farbenindustrie four years later, and the two types of polyamide fiber remain the most commonly used by the textile and plastics industries worldwide.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300387482