nylon

family of synthetic polymers originally developed as textile fibers
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nylon

Summary

nylon is a group or class of chemical substances[1]. nylon ranks in the top 0.85% of group_or_class_of_chemical_substances entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month, #2 of 236).[2]

Key Facts

  • nylon's instance of is recorded as group or class of chemical substances[3].
  • nylon's instance of is recorded as type of polymer[4].
  • nylon is a type of polyamide[5].
  • nylon is part of nylon catabolic process[6].
  • nylon is part of nylon metabolic process[7].
  • nylon's Commons category is recorded as Nylon[8].
  • nylon comprises nylon 6[9].
  • nylon comprises nylon 66[10].
  • nylon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1935[11].
  • nylon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nylon[12].
  • nylon's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[13].
  • nylon's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[14].
  • nylon's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[15].
  • nylon's ultimate tensile strength is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21062777', 'amount': '+50'}[16].
  • nylon's tensile modulus of elasticity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q53448922', 'amount': '+3'}[17].
  • nylon's thermal diffusivity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q26162546', 'amount': '+0.09'}[18].
  • nylon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Polymers[19].
  • nylon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Chemicals[20].
  • nylon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fashion[21].
  • nylon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Textile Arts[22].
  • nylon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Materials[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include group or class of chemical substances[3] and type of polymer[4]. nylon is a type of polyamide[5].

Use and Application

Components include nylon 6[9], a type of polymer[24] and nylon 66[10], a type of polymer[25]. Part of include nylon catabolic process[6] and nylon metabolic process[7].

Why It Matters

nylon ranks in the top 0.85% of group_or_class_of_chemical_substances entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month, #2 of 236).[2] nylon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] nylon is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11h ago · Egon Willighagen · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Polymers, WikiProject Chemicals, WikiProject Fashion +2
    Sitelink count → 73
    Image → Nylon6 and Nylon 66.png, Nylon 6,6.png, Nylon-Garn auf zwei Spulen.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'as', 'ast', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Nylon-Garn auf zwei Spulen.jpg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791046872089"
  2. 12w ago · Treisijs · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Polymers, WikiProject Chemicals, WikiProject Fashion +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6104]]: [[Q15060272]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → nylon catabolic process, nylon metabolic process
    Ultimate tensile strength → {'unit': 'Q21062777', 'amount': '+50'}
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16643, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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