Nylon
The common name for aliphatic polyamide, defined by the US FTC generic fibre name as a long-chain synthetic polyamide in which fewer than 85 percent of the amide linkages attach directly to two aromatic rings, distinguishing it from aramid.
How it connects
In other taxonomies
- polyamide or nylonEU 1007/2011, polyamide or nylonthe same thing
- nylonFTC 16 CFR 303, nylonthe same thing
- nylonWikidata, Q177941nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
- Broader
- Polyamide
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); US FTC 16 CFR 303.7, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/nylonKnowledge 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
- broaderPolyamideoutgoing
- narrowerNylon 6outgoing
- narrowerNylon 6,6outgoing
- broaderNylon 6incoming
- broaderNylon 6,6incoming
- narrowerPolyamideincoming
Derived hierarchy views
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU 1007/2011 | polyamide or nylon | polyamide or nylon | the same thing |
| FTC 16 CFR 303 | nylon | nylon | the same thing |
| Wikidata | Q177941 | nylon | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Nylon | nylon via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |