Du Pont named this product nylon. The chemists called it Nylon 66 because the adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine each contain 6 carbon atoms per molecule. Each molecule consisted of 100 or more ...

polymers are made up of monomers (type of molecule) that are prone to bonding to other monomers. Nylon has two primary ingredients: diamine, which comes from crude oil, and adipic acid.

Du Pont named this product nylon. The chemists called it Nylon 66 because the adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine each contain 6 carbon atoms per molecule. Each molecule consisted of 100 or more ...