Research pair devise a way to make nylon precursor that is less harmful to the ozone layer

Friday, December 19, 2014 - 09:30 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers working at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, has found a way to make a precursor to the synthetic polymer commonly known as nylon that doesn't cause the release of ozone damaging nitrous oxide. Kuo Chu Hwang and Arunachalam Sagadevan describe their process in a paper they've had published in the journal Science and explain why what they've discovered is important.

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