EngineeringThermoplastics_Nylons(PA),Acetals(POM),.pptVIP

Oct 20, 1998 Engineering Thermoplastics_ Nylons (PA), Acetals (POM), Polyesters (PBT and PET), PC, Acrylics (PMMA), PTFE, PPO, PPS, PEEK Polyamide History PA is considered the first engineering thermoplastic PA is one of many heterochain thermoplastics, which has atoms other than C in the chain. PA invented in 1928 by Wallace Carothers, DuPont, in search of a “super polyester” fiber with molecular weights greater than 10,000. First commercial nylon in 1938. PA was created when a condensation reaction occurred between amino acids, dibasic acids, and diamines. Nylons are described by a number