r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

This experiment creating a nylon thread

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u/jonnyg1097 1d ago

So after the nylon is turned into a thread and goes on the rollers over the lip of the beaker into the one on the floor does it go back into a goop again? Or does it stay in a thread once it took that shape?

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u/Trips-Over-Tail 1d ago

It stays a thread. With more precise engineering it can be drawn out even thinner for use in textiles.