Nylon 6
A nylon homopolymer formed by the ring-opening polymerisation of caprolactam.
Also called Polyamide 6, PA 6, PA6.
How it connects
In other taxonomies
- nylonFTC 16 CFR 303, nylontheirs is wider
- polyamideISO 1043-1, PAtheirs is wider
- polyamide 6ISO 1874-1, PA 6the same thing
- polyamideISO 2076, polyamidetheirs is wider
- nylon 6Wikidata, Q109454nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
- Also called
- Polyamide 6 · PA 6 · PA6
- Seen in the wild
- Type 6 Nylon · Polyamid 6
- Broader
- Nylon
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 1043-1:2011+Amd 1:2016; ISO 16396-1:2015, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/nylon-6Knowledge 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
- narrowerNylonincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderNylonoutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTC 16 CFR 303 | nylon | nylon | theirs is wider |
| ISO 1043-1 | PA | polyamide | theirs is wider |
| ISO 1874-1 | PA 6 | polyamide 6 | the same thing |
| ISO 2076 | polyamide | polyamide | theirs is wider |
| Wikidata | Q109454 | nylon 6 | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Nylon 6 | Polyamide 6 | PA 6 | PA6 | nylon 6 via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |