Interesting facts
- retains static electricity
- first commercial for nylon was a nylon - bristled tooth brush
- nylon is a filament that is chopped.
- it is not a warm fibre
- nylon is elastic
- nylon can be stretched so thin but will still be strong
- it was very much used during world war 2 mostly manufacturing in parachutes.
- nylon became so popular a magazine was named after it.
- nylon was discovered in 1930 but introduced to the world in 1938.