caprolactamn.
/kaprəʊˈlaktəm/ Chemistry.
A crystalline amide, C6H11NO, used esp. in the manufacture of a type of nylon.
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1944 Chem. Abstr. 38 122/2 Production of N-(ethylmercaptomethyl)caprolactam.
1946 L. H. Smith Synthetic Fiber Devel. iii. 452 Perlon..Caprolactam was the main nylon-type raw material used during the war.
1960 Times 2 Nov. 19/5 An arrangement with Courtaulds to produce the chemical caprolactam in Britain.
1961 Economist 10 June 1144/3 Caprolactam, the raw material for the nylon 6 polymer.
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