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Which common material is an example of a polyamide?

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Nylon 6,6 is a common example of a polyamide.

Polyamides are polymers that contain repeating amide (-CO-NH-) linkages.

The structure of Nylon 6,6 is

[-NH-(CH_2)_6-NH-CO-(CH_2)_4-CO-]_n

where n is a large number.

The numbers in the name showow that there are six carbon atoms on either side of an amide linkage.

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