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.
Princess Diana's Death: Remembering the Late Royal 15 Years After. Fifteen years ago today, Princess Diana was tragically killed in a car accident. Since then, her sons Prince William and Prince Harry (only 15 and 12 years old at the time of her death) have grown into handsome, successful men. William, now 30, married the love of his life, Kate Middleton, last year.