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polyamide

(pŏl″ē-ăm'īd, ĭd) [″ + ″]
A polymer used in catheters, sutures, other biomedical devices, and clothing.
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Evonik's roughly [euro]400 million investment--its largest in Germany--will increase the company's total capacity for polyamide 12 by over 50 percent between now and 2021.
Evonik Industries (ETR: EVK) - Better living with high-performance polymers and additives from Evonik -- 18/7/2019
Evonik is reorganizing its business for high-performance polymers within the polyamide group.
Evonik Reorganizes Polyamide Business
The low-temperature solution polycondensation technique was employed for the synthesis of novel aromatic polyamides containing both fluorene or xanthene cardo moieties and fluorinated phenoxy pendant groups as shown in Scheme 2.
Synthesis and Properties of Novel Soluble Polyamides Containing Both Fluorene or Xanthene Cardo Moieties and Fluorinated Phenoxy Pendant Groups
BASF has acquired the business on "a on a cash and debt-free basis" it said, adding that the Polyamides division would complement its engineering plastics portfolio and expand the company's position, particularly by enhancing access to key growth markets in Asia and South America.
BASF TO ACQUIRE SOLVAY'S POLYAMIDES BUSINESS FOR [euro] 1.6 BILLION
Overall, under these developments and other investments made in recent years on the site amounting to EUR10m, Arkema is significantly consolidating its offering together with the flexibility of its manufacturing plants in Asia for biosourced polyamides marketed under the trade name Rilsan.
Arkema to enhance specialty polyamides capacities globally
Synthetic fibers made of polyamide, coloquially called "nylon", are said to be very tear- and abrasion-resistant.
Strong Fibers: Ceresana Presents Market Study on Polyamides
Thermoplastic polyamide (nylon), synthesized by the condensation reaction between a diamine and a dibasic acid, was first studied as a denture base biomaterial in the 1950s.
Polyamide Resins in Removable Dentures
It will demonstrate the use of Stanyl TC, a thermally conductive grade of Stanyl polyamide 46, in a heat sink for new LED downlights from one of the world's leading lighting companies.
DSM To Exhibit Its Engineering Plastic Technology
In addition, copyrolyses of coal with waste polyamides were carried out on a laboratory unit.
A study of thermal reactions of coal with polyamides
* Orgasol specialty polyamides powders are known for their exceptionally tightly controlled particle size distribution and their outstanding toughness;
Arkema to Expand Specialty Polyamides Powders Capacities
Charlesby [9] showed that even polyamides are cross-linked at very high doses of 1-10 MGy.
Influence of radiation cross-linking of polyamide 66 on the characteristics of the vibration welding process

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