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Action of Polar Reagents on Nylon 66

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VARIOUS workers have reported on the action of lithium bromide and similar salts on simple amides and fibrous proteins and have offered contrary explanations as to the mechanism of interaction: it is therefore instructive to consider the effect of these reagents on polyamides.

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SARDA, G., PEACOCK, N. Action of Polar Reagents on Nylon 66. Nature 200, 67–69 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200067a0

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