Nylon-The wonder fabric

Origin
The
The first
first production
production of
of nylon
nylon
occurred
occurred in
in 1935.
1935.
It
It was
was made
made by
by a
a man
man
named
named Wallace
Wallace Hume
Hume
Carothers,
Carothers, an
an organic
organic
chemist
chemist who
who was
was working
working at
at
a
a DuPont
DuPont company
company research
research
location.
location.
This
This discovery
discovery came
came about
about
when
when Carothers
Carothers was
was
attempting
attempting to
to find
find a
a
synthetic
synthetic fibre
fibre that
that could
could
replace
replace silk
silk

Wallace Hume
Carothers

THE
MAKING

Nylon factories combine the

chemicals that produce nylon,
heating them first to remove
the water. The small molecules
from each chemical combine
during this heating to form
very large molecules in a
process called polymerization.
The nylon then comes out of
this heating machine in a flat
ribbon. As this ribbon cools, it
hardens. Then it is cut into
pieces, which are then sent to
factories where they are
melted and used to make the
thousands of different

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Nylon resists
dirt well and it
does not
become
weakened by
chemicals or
sweat.

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High temperatures are able to

melt nylon.
Because of this fact, when
ironing items made of nylon
you should set your iron at a
low setting and turn the item
over onto the wrong side.

It is wrong
We must turn
it onto the
wrong side

Use
s

It also began to replace

silk as an ingredient in
military items like flak
vests, parachutes and in
vehicle tires.

Parachutes, stockings, tires,

carpets, gears, machine
parts, bearings, and
furniture, and hair brushes.

It can also be found in

various clothing items,
strings for musical
instruments and bridal
veils.

When it was first

invented, nylon was
used to make the
bristles for
toothbrushes.

Nylon in its solid form is

used to make machine
screws, gears and
machinery components
that were previously cast
in metal.

Today, nylon is used

in the production of
home and
commercial
carpeting

Did you know?

One of the most important fact
about nylon is about its name.
You may not know how nylon got
its name. Nylon was discovered
and patented by two nations New York and London. It was
given patent on the same day. So
people called it NYLON in which
NY stands for New York and LON
stands for London