caprolactam Chem.
(kæprəʊˈlæktəm)
[f. caproic a. + lactam.]
A crystalline amide, C6H11NO, used esp. in the manufacture of a type of nylon.
| 1944 Chem. Abstr. XXXVIII. 122/2 Production of N-(ethylmercaptomethyl)caprolactam. 1946 L. H. Smith Synthetic Fiber Dev. 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. |