Polyamides such as nylon 6 and nylon 6,6 may comprise a variety of terminal functionalities that include the preferred terminal functionalities of, a carboxyl group as both terminal groups in the polyamide chain, a carboxyl group attached to one end of the polyamide chain, and an amide group attached to the other end of the polyamide chain, an amino group attached to both ends of the polyamide cha