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Nylon

Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers characterized by amide linkages, typically connecting aliphatic or semi-aromatic groups.

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Density .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(ρ)
1.15 g/cm3
Melting temperature (Tm)
463–624 K (190–351 °C)
Thermal conductivity (k)
0.25 W/(m·K)

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Nylon

Nodes177
Edges176
Triples235
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011299
Components1

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Nylon

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related to Introduction of nylon blends · 28
Nylon → Agency, Also, America's Textile Reporter, Army, Arts, As, Bunara, Casmet, Commerce, Encouragement, Fabric, In Britain, London, Los Angeles, Manufactures, Moisture, Navy, New York, New York Quartermaster Procurement, November
related to Early marketing strategies · 23
Nylon → Actual, An, Another, Chemistry, Current Problems, Delaware, DuPont, DuPont's, Forum, Golden Gate International Exposition, Herald Tribune's, However, Japan, May, New York City, New York World's Fair, Nylon's, October, President Roosevelt's, San Francisco
related to External links · 16
Nylon → Bob Burk, Canada, Carleton University, CHEM, Digital Collections, DuPont, Ephemera Science History Institute, High-resolution, Joseph, Labovsky, Labovsky Collection, Making Nylon, Nylon Photographs, Ottawa, Wallace Carothers, YouTubePolyamide Nylon PlasticJoseph
related to Further reading · 14
Nylon → Carl Hanser Verlag, December, How Nylon Yarn, ISBN, Kadolph, Kohan, Made, Melvin, Munich, Nylon Plastics Handbook, Pearson Prentice Hall, Popular Science, Sara, Textiles
related to DuPont and the invention of nylon · 12
Nylon → Charles Stine, DuPont, DuPont's, German, Harvard, He, Hermann Staudinger, Initially, New York World's Fair, Researchers, The, Wallace Hume Carothers
related to Production of nylon fabric · 11
Nylon → After, As Lauren Olds, During, In, Martinsville, Sales, Such, The, This, Virginia, While
related to Etymology · 10
Nylon → Context, DuPont, Eckelberry, For, In, John, London, New York, No-Run, Since
see also · 10
Nylon → Ballistic, Brand, DuPont, Investigation, InvistaForensic, Macromolecule, Reinforced, Species, Thick, Type
related to Nylon 66 and related heteropolymers · 9
Nylon → AA, ABAB, DuPont, Heated, In, Since, The, To, Wallace Carothers
related to Properties · 9
Nylon → Above, Because, Below Tm, CO-NH, H-bonded, Proteins, The, Thus, Tm

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dupont used nylons stockings fibers production new first also polymers acid one 66 made high fabric dupont's research polymer war

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NylonDensity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(ρ)1.15 g/cm31.00infobox
NylonMelting temperature (Tm)463–624 K (190–351 °C)1.00infobox
NylonThermal conductivity (k)0.25 W/(m·K)1.00infobox
Nylonis afamily of synthetic polymers characterized by amide linkages0.90text
cottoninstance ofas well as poor air quality in New York and Los Angeles.The solution found to problems with pure nylon fabric was to blend nylon with other existing fibers or polymers0.80text
polyesterinstance ofas well as poor air quality in New York and Los Angeles.The solution found to problems with pure nylon fabric was to blend nylon with other existing fibers or polymers0.80text
and spandexinstance ofas well as poor air quality in New York and Los Angeles.The solution found to problems with pure nylon fabric was to blend nylon with other existing fibers or polymers0.80text
Coco Chanelinstance ofdesigners0.80text
Jean Patouinstance ofdesigners0.80text
and Christian Dior showed gowns created with DuPont fibersinstance ofdesigners0.80text
and fashion photographer Horst Pinstance ofdesigners0.80text
cottoninstance ofwas copied from the suffixes of other fibers0.80text

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