The accompanying transcript for this topic is provided in the Transcript Document

This extract from  Burkinshaw’s – Physio-Chemical Aspects of Textile Coloration provides supporting information and reading for this topic and the topic 6.4.2 Polyamide Fibres.

This extract from A.D. Broadbent’s book – Basic Principles of Textile Coloration provides an interesting and accessible introduction to polyamide fibres.

This extract from Synthetic Fibre Dyeing provides general background reading relating to polyamide fibres – focused on nylon 6 and nylon  66

It is recommended that the above extracts are printed out as they are relevant for both topics, 6.3.2 Types of Fibre – Polyamide Fibres and 6.4.2 Physical Structure of Fibres – Polyamide Fibres

The following polyamides are perhaps the more commonly encountered polymers within this class of fibre – Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6. It would be a useful exercise to look into the manufacture of these polymers, just to help with your understanding of how their structure and properties arise.