Preparation of nylon 6,6
The preparation of nylon 6,6 is a fun practical to do and gives students hands-on experience of carrying out a polycondensation reaction (covered in AHL S2.4.6) and practice at writing relevant equations for condensation reactions. Nylon 6,6 was the first type of nylon to be made. It was produced by Wallace Carothers (1896 – 1937) in 1935 when he was working for Dupont at Wilmington, Delaware. Carothers suffered from...