Editing Nylon (section)

=== Fibres ===
[[File:The worn out nylon stockings in this barrel full of salvaged stockings will be reprocessed and made into parachutes... - NARA - 196427.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|These worn out nylon stockings will be reprocessed and made into parachutes for army fliers {{circa|1942}}]]
[[File:Blue nylon ball gown 2007.154.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Blue nylon fabric ball gown by [[Emma Domb]], [[Science History Institute]] ]]

Bill Pittendreigh, [[DuPont]], and other individuals and corporations worked diligently during the first few months of World War II to find a way to replace Asian [[silk]] and [[hemp]] with nylon in parachutes. It was also used to make [[tire]]s, [[tent]]s, [[rope]]s, [[poncho]]s, and other [[armed forces|military]] supplies. It was even used in the production of a high-grade paper for U.S. [[currency]]. At the outset of the war, [[cotton]] accounted for more than 80% of all fibres used and manufactured, and [[wool]] fibres accounted for nearly all of the rest. By August 1945, manufactured fibres had taken a market share of 25%, at the expense of cotton. After the war, because of shortages of both silk and nylon, nylon parachute material was sometimes repurposed to make dresses.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Caruso|first=David|title=Saving the (Wedding) Day: Oral History Spotlight|journal=Transmutations|year=2009|volume=Fall|issue=5|pages=2|url=http://www.chemheritage.org/Downloads/Publications/Transmutations/05-Transmutations_Fall-2009.pdf|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509093859/http://www.chemheritage.org/Downloads/Publications/Transmutations/05-Transmutations_Fall-2009.pdf|archive-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref>

Nylon 6 and 66 fibres are used in [[Carpet#Nylon|carpet]] manufacture.

Nylon is one kind of fibre used in [[Tire#Materials|tire cord]]. [[Herman E. Schroeder]] pioneered application of nylon in tires.