Nylon ni polymer, bivuze ko ari plastiki ifite imiterere ya molekile yumubare munini wibice bisa bihujwe hamwe. Ikigereranyo cyaba nuko ari nkumunyururu wicyuma gikozwe mugusubiramo amahuza. Nylon numuryango wose wubwoko busa cyane bwibikoresho bita polyamide.Ibikoresho gakondo nkibiti nipamba bibaho muri kamere, mugihe nylon itabaho. Polimeri ya nylon ikorwa muguhuriza hamwe molekile ebyiri nini ugereranije nubushyuhe bugera kuri 545 ° F hamwe nigitutu kiva mumashanyarazi. Iyo ibice bihujwe, bihuza gukora molekile nini kurushaho. Iyi polymer nyinshi nubwoko busanzwe bwa nylon-buzwi nka nylon-6,6, burimo atome esheshatu za karubone. Hamwe nuburyo busa, ubundi buryo bwa nylon butangwa mugukora imiti itandukanye.