New Chemical Process for Nylon Manufacuturing (IMAGE)

DOE/Ames National Laboratory

New Chemical Process for Nylon Manufacuturing

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Scientists at the Critical Materials Institute at Ames Laboratory have created a new chemical process that makes use of widely available rare-earth metal cerium to improve the manufacture of nylon.

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U.S. Dept. of Energy's Ames Laboratory

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