The invention and commercialization of a new chemical is a significant undertaking. An example is the invention of nylon in the laboratory and its transformation to a nylon stocking. Please read the relevant sections in Hounshell and Smith (1988) or at the Web sites, www.dupont.com and www.acs.org, and answer the following questions:

(a) Who invented nylon?

(b) Write down the main reaction for making nylon.

(c) How was the water removed from the condensation reaction in the laboratory at that time?

(d) Which one of the two reactants for nylon was not commercially available at the time nylon was invented?

(e) How was the melt fiber spinning problem solved?

(f) Where did DuPont build the first full-scale nylon plant?