Question

When gauche bonds are generated in the alpha phase of these molecules, pleated and rippled sheets of them undergo the Brill transition first observed in 1942. Synthesis of these molecules uses adipoyl chloride and (15[1])1,6-hexanediamine contacting at a liquid-liquid interface. The vast majority of caprolactam is used to synthesize these (-5[1])molecules through a (15[1])ring-opening reaction. An (*) amide backbone characterizes these (-5[1])molecules, which can be continuously pulled out of a (10[1]-5[1])solution in a (-5[1])namesake “rope trick” demonstration. These molecules, (10[1]-5[1])which come in “6” and “6-6” (10[1])families, were first synthesized in 1935 by Wallace (10[1])Carothers while at Dupont. (-5[1])For 10 (-5[1])points, name this group of synthetic (10[1]-5[1])polymers commonly used in women’s (10[3])stockings. (10[10]0[2])■END■

ANSWER: nylons [accept nylon rope trick; accept nylon 6-6 prompt on synthetic polymers or polyamides before mentioned]
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%0%17%90.50
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%25%89.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y367%0%33%109.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y5100%20%60%98.40
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%67%110.00

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George MatsumuraOhioOhio State5315
Teigue KellyPenn State APenn State B60-5
Claire WilsonLehigh BColumbia B6910
Sam MacchiVassarIowa State69-5
Tony ChenToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowlWaterloo Bust72-5
Derek ChenColumbia AGatherer7810
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan AMichigan C78-5
Nat KuNYU BNYU C8410
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU ALehigh A9210
Ryan HappelSIUEWUSTL C96-5
Kevin ParkClaremontGeorgia Tech A98-5
Amith PunyalaWUSTL ASquidward Community College104-5
Franklin WuToronto PilkOttawa10410
Conor ThompsonIowa StateVassar10910
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN ABelmont10910
Michael DuWaterloo CaliToronto Sprout10910
Jake GrodnerPrincetonRutgers11010
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Thomas FlexerPenn State BPenn State A11010
Kevin ZhengMichigan BIowa1100
Abigail ZimmermanIowaMichigan B11010
Leo TaoMichigan CMichigan A11010
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Alan WuVanderbilt BWUSTL11010
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