I-NOMEX® ne-KEVLAR® ayi-polyamide enamakha noma ama-aramide athuthukiswe yi-DuPont. Igama elithi aramid lisuselwa egameni elimnandi nelithi amide (aromatic + amide), okuyi-polymer enamabhondi amaningi e-amide aphindaphinda ochungechungeni lwe-polymer. Ngakho-ke, ihlukaniswa phakathi kweqembu le-polyamide.
Okungenani inama-85% amabhondi ayo e-amide axhunywe ngamasongo anamakha. Kunezinhlobo ezimbili eziyinhloko zama-aramid, ahlukaniswe njenge-meta-aramid, ne-para-aramid futhi iqembu ngalinye kulawa amabili linezakhiwo ezihlukene eziphathelene nezakhiwo zawo.