II.1  Report on Industrial Synthesis of Nylon.
(Value 1 quiz grade due Tuesday October 25)

Write a 6 page report discussing the industrial synthesis of  nylon.  Give the reaction mechanism and discuss in detail how this reaction mechanism is involved in the design of an industrial reactor for nylon synthesis.  You will probably need to go to the Chemistry Library (and possibly the Engineering Library) and find books on polymer synthesis that emphasize industrial synthesis try to find several books but do not check out all of the books that others will need.  To find these books look up key words such as polymer, synthesis, industrial on the computer search.
After reading this report one should be able to basically build a crude industrial reactor for nylon synthesis so the intent is not a historical overview but a technical description with connection to the reaction mechanism.