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Nylon is a generic name for a class of polyamides. There are two main types:

  1. The "single component" type, where the monomer has the form H2N-R-COOH
  2. The "dual component" type, where one of the monomers is H2N-R-N2H and the other is HOOC-R'-COOH

The R and R' are usually straight hydrocarbon chains (if they contain aromatic groups, they're called aramids instead... Kevlar is probably the most widely-known aramid). A common type of Nylon is Nylon-6,6 (a dual component type) where the amine is hexanediamine (six carbons between the amine groups) and the acid is adipic acid (six carbons total including the acid groups).

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