Natures wonders: spider silk (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Thursday, February 07, 2013, 15:16 (4058 days ago) @ David Turell

"As fibers go, there's never been anything quite like spider silk. Stretch it. Bend it. Soak it. Dry it out. Spider silk holds up. It is five times stronger than steel and can expand nearly a third greater than its original length and snap right back like new. Ounce-for-ounce spider silk is even stronger than Kevlar, the man-made fiber used in bulletproof vests."- Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-02-spectroscopy-mysteries-spider-silk.html#jCp-Add water and the fibers shrink. Perhaps to add strength when it rains.


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