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Nylon 6
Nylon 6 is an important polyamide. Moreover, it is a synthetic fiber. In fact, it is produced by the polymerization of the different organic complexes. The production flow chart of nylon 6 will be described in one of the next blogs. Significantly, nylon 6 is a strong fiber and it is used to carry out various types of heavy tasks like nylon 6.6. Generally, the color of the nylon 6 is white but it could be colorful by adding different dyes in the solution bath before fiber production.
Textile fiber consists of some characteristics. Like other synthetic fibers, nylon 6 also has some physical and chemical properties.
Physical Properties of Nylon 6
There are some physical properties of nylon 6. The following are the physical properties of nylon 6. They are-
- Tenacity: 6.0 – 8.5 gm/den
- Density: 1.14 gm/c.c
- Elongation at break: 15 – 45%
- Elasticity: Very good
- Moisture Regain (MR%): 3.5 – 5%
- Resiliency: Good
- Melting point: 2150C
- Ability to protest friction: Excellent
- Color: White
- Light reflection ability: Not good.
- Ability to protect heat: Up to 1500C
- Lusture: Bright to light
Chemical Properties of Nylon 6
Nylon 6 has some chemical properties. The following are the chemical properties of nylon 6. They are-
- Acids: Like nylon 6.6, nylon 6 has not enough ability against acidic action.
- Basic: Basic does not cause harm to the nylon 6. Nylon 6 has enough ability against alkali.
- Effect of bleaching: Strong oxidizing agent is harmful for the nylon 6.
- Organic solvent: It becomes soluble in any dense acid or phenol.
- Protection ability against mildew: Mildew cannot cause harm to the nylon 6.
- Protection ability against insects: Insects cause harm to the nylon 6.
- Dyes: Nylon 6 could be dye by Direct dyes, Acid dyes and vat dyes.
So, that’s all about the physical and chemical properties of nylon 6. I think this will help you to identify nylon 6 from other synthetic fibers.
7 comments
Kemi
It would really help if you cited the credible sources of your information please.
This would have been great for my assignment on polycaprolactam (nylon 6) but I can’t cite this for academic purposes.
Ram
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Mozammel
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hasan
I need Nylon 6 fiber(diameter 0.5 mm ) for my research. I could not find to purchase it. Could you please help me out?
TV
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Elna Sagun
We are a general Trading company, involving into a fishing nets business.
we would like to inquire for the following colors:
_ Terasil Yellow 83
_ Terasil Blue 23
_ Erionyl Black MR
_ Erionyl Navy Blue %180
We would like to use it for Polyamide 6.
We also wanted to have colors for Polyester & Fibers.
If you had recommendation for any other colors that we can use please let us know.
muhammad bilal
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