What does nylon 6 decompose into when heated?
April 7, 2008 10:41 AM   Subscribe

What does nylon 6 decompose into when heated?
posted by 517 to Science & Nature (4 answers total)
 
Best answer: "Thermal breakdown products may include a complex mixture of compounds, including but not limited to carbon monoxide, ammonia, aliphatic amines, ketones, nitriles, and hydrogen cyanide, which may be flammable, toxic and/or irritating. The specific materials generated will vary depending on the additives and colorants used, specific temperature, time of exposure and other immediate environmental factors"

Nylon 6 MSDS (PDF Link)

Also found stuff about controlled thermal decomposition (catalytic pyrolysis) being used to recover caprolactam, the raw material for nylon 6, and a bunch of stuff about how flame retardants, copolymers etc. affect decomposition/combustion, try searching around stuff like thermal decomposition, decomposition products, thermal breakdown + nylon 6.
posted by nanojath at 11:16 AM on April 7, 2008


It's over my head, but Shaw's Type 6 gasifier is discussed here.

Hope that helps.
posted by Exchequer at 12:22 PM on April 7, 2008


Heated below the ignition point or burned? Burning at low temperature (smokey black flame) or combusted in a furnace? Temperature makes a big difference here.
posted by bonehead at 2:35 PM on April 7, 2008


Response by poster: Heated below the ignition point.
posted by 517 at 2:38 PM on April 7, 2008


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