It worked! Carothers drew out fibers that were long, strong, and very elastic. Du Pont named this product nylon. The chemists called it Nylon 66 because the adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine ...

Nylon, the durable and elastic material, is like other plastics made from chemicals found in fossil fuels. Biodegradable plastics based on biomass-derived compounds are attracting attention as an ...