Nylon was the first commercially successful synthetic thermoplastic polymer. Commercially, nylon polymer is made by reacting monomers which are either lactams, acid/amines or stoichiometric mixtures of diamines (-NH2) and diacids (-COOH). Mixtures of these can be polymerized together to make copolymers.
Princess Diana Wedding Cake. Official Cake Wedding cake and cooks for the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. Getty Images / Terry Fincher. The official cake for the wedding dinner was made by the Naval Armed Forces, appropriate for the wedding of Prince Charles, a naval commander.
'Phew!' a relieved Diana sighed. Dodi had given her a ring but hadn't asked her to marry him. Last updated at 22:00 02 September 2006. The Princess was lying on a bed with a white sheet across her body when I first saw her in the hospital. All I could see was her serene face and her red-painted toenails.