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.