Caprolactam
The cyclic amide (lactam) monomer whose ring-opening polymerisation forms nylon 6.
How it connects
Caprolactam is a kind of Monomer.
Other kinds of Monomer: Butyl acrylate, Formaldehyde, Methyl methacrylate, Styrene, Vinyl acetate and Vinyl chloride.
In other taxonomies
- CaprolactamCAS Registry Number, 105-60-2the same thing
- caprolactamWikidata, Q409397nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
Caprolactam
7 terms, Butyl acrylate to Vinyl chloride
Record
- Broader
- Monomer
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); CAS Registry, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/caprolactamKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMonomeroutgoing
- narrowerMonomerincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Monomeroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Butyl acrylateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Formaldehydeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Methyl methacrylateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Styreneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Vinyl acetateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Vinyl chlorideoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS Registry Number | 105-60-2 | Caprolactam | the same thing |
| Wikidata | Q409397 | caprolactam | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Caprolactam | caprolactam via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |