Does wool or nylon or anyother type of thread have a chemical formula if so what is it?
2007-11-14 10:38:54 · 5 answers · asked by curly* 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Wool and silk are made up of amino acids strung together in a protein. There is no definite chemical formula. Nylon is of two kinds. The first is a polyamide of adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine:
-(CO-CH2CH2CH2CH2CO.NHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2NH-)x-
The second is from aminocaproic acid:
-(NHCH2CH2CH2CH2CO-)x-
Some threads are made of cotton or rayon. These are made of polymers of glucose in a particular chemical bonding to make cellulose.
Other threads are polyester. This is a polymer of terephthalic acid, HOOC-C6H4-COOH, and ethylene glycol, HO-CH2CH2-OH.
Still yet other threads are acrylic, made from polyacrylonitrile, -[CH2CH2(CN)-]x-
2007-11-14 10:52:05 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nylon has a chemical formula...it is a polymer, which means that it is made up of the same chemical chunk/formula repeated over and over into a long chain.
the basic unit is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Condensation_polymerization_diacid_diamine.svg
(the n in the diagram means that is the repeating unit..so if you wanted to know what the strand of nylon looked like, you copy that chunk in brackets thousands of times and paste them beside each other into a long chain)
Polyester is another synthetic thread that hasa chemical formula..google it for a good picture
BF
4th yr Chem Major
U of O (Canada)
EDIT: note, there are many types of nylon...the one shown in the picture is a general picture...the most common nylon is nylon 6,6 i believe, which means the R' group is 6 carbons, and the R is 4 carbons
2007-11-14 10:46:23 · answer #2 · answered by Houston 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nylon does because its man made from chemicals.
The forumla would be difficult to find though because there are several different ways of making nylon, and each would have their own different formula i would assume.
2007-11-14 10:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nylon is a polymer, so it has a definate chemical formula found in the link below.
2007-11-14 10:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by apd31dp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-23 04:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋