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Offline edwardjr.1326

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How many functional groups does Nylon 6,6 have?
« on: January 18, 2010, 02:51:12 PM »
I was wonderrring about this for a while. I got 3, amide, amine, and carboxyl but i think im wrong. Anyone?

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Re: How many functional groups does Nylon 6,6 have?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 12:36:00 PM »
At one end, you will have a carboxyl group, and on the other, you will have an amine group. However, try and see the groups the are not at the ends. Remember, it is a polymer so unless the amine and carboxyl groups get removed in the synthesis process, they will still remain in some form.

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