What is the chemical formula of nylon?

Answer 1

Nylon is a family of fibres, not a definite fiber itself, but the most common nylon is Nylon-66

Nylon-66 is a polymer of adipic acid (COOH-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-COOH)and hexymethylene diammine. (NH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-NH2).

The formula is:

(-NH-CO-(CH2)4-CO-NH-(CH2)6-)n

Here n is a natural number. So, nylon is a long chain. It is a polypeptide, just like proteins.

The properties of nylon are:

1) It is easy to manufacture (if you can get a hold of the chemicals, you can make it in the class project yourslef)

2) It is light, so it is logical to use it as a material for parachutes.

3) It is waterproof, hence it is used to make swimwear.

4) It is resistant to wear. So used in machine parts, etc

This was from the same question on Yahoo answers from"Ajinkya N". !

Answer 2

The most common form of nylon is Nylon-66. Nylon-66 has the formula (-NH-CO-(CH2)4-CO-NH-(CH2)6-)n , where n is a natural number, meaning nylon is a chain.

Answer 3

it is on S-cool web