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Wednesday, May 3, 2006

PopSci: How to make Nylon

Popular Science has a short how-to on making a thread of nylon from two liquid chemicals. At $120, it's pricy, but sounds like fun.

Carefully pour the sebacoyl chloride solution on top of the hexamethylenediamine solution (both are available from chemical suppliers). If you have trouble keeping the chemicals in separate layers, ask a bartender for help.

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