Nylon
Nylon is a synthetic polymer, a plastic, invented on February 28, 1935 by Wallace Carothers at DuPont of Wilmington, Delaware, USA. On the 28th of February 1938 the first nylon product was announced, a nylon bristle toothbrush made up of nylon yarn. In 1940, women’s’ stockings were announced. Nylon fibres are now used to make many synthetic fabrics, and solid nylon is used as an engineering material.Nylon is made through this process: Polymer molecules are pumped into an airshaft where they are stretched and solidified. After that the fibres are put into piles and then you melt them again and take them to the airshaft where they are solidified and stretched again. This process is repeated several times to make the nylon get stronger.
Some of the uses for nylon are: Clothes, car accessories, nets, threads etc. These things need to be like nylon is, elastic and quite strong.
To iron nylon, you need a really hot iron if the clothing doesn’t say anything else. When you wash it you have to have a fairly low temperature.
The advantages are: Strong fabric, elastic and long lasting. The disadvantages are: very good conductor of electricity, doesn’t absorb water well and is sensitive against chemicals.
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