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.
Wearing a gown made by David and Elizabeth Emanuel with a 25-foot train made of ivory silk taffeta and antique lace, which is believed to have cost Â£9,000, Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles at Saint Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981. The gown has since become one of the most famous in history.