Wednesday, March 11, 2009

How strong is the spider's silk?


Recent studies says that the silk spun by spiders to make web is stronger than steel. It is about five times stronger and twice as strong as Kevlar of the same weight. At one time the US military were planning to make a bullet-proof made of spider's silk.

In addition, the production of spider's silk is completely environmentally friendly. It is industrially viable, it could replace Kevlar and be used to make a diverse range of item such as:

  • biodegradable bottles
  • bullet-proof clothing
  • bandages, surgical thread
  • ropes and nets
  • artificial tendons for ligaments to support for weak blood vessels
Posted by at
Labels: ,

28 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 11, 2009 at 8:58 AM

    can sipder's silk to trawl some beautiful girl?hehehe

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownMarch 11, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    I want my clothes made of spider's silk

    ReplyDelete
  3. Mac CallisterMarch 11, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    i never thought there could be so much to do with their web hehe

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousMarch 11, 2009 at 6:29 PM

    I never thought it could stop bullets...

    ReplyDelete
  5. JENNIFER LOHANMarch 11, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    Wow great! Spiders is so valuable! I won't mind stiching my clothes with spider's silk. What's more ... if I were in the army.. I would make my tent with the same! Anyway nice trivia! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  6. Soul ExistenceMarch 12, 2009 at 7:53 AM

    New genetics experiments combine spider silk gene with goats so that the goats produce spider silk in their milk.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncWCmJ4L57A

    crazyness..

    ReplyDelete
  7. nathadaleMarch 12, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    never thought spider silk can be that strong.. nice trivia :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousMarch 13, 2009 at 5:11 AM

    great! i never thought of it

    ReplyDelete
  9. Susan KozlowskiMarch 13, 2009 at 6:52 AM

    fascinating stuff. makes you look at something so simple as a web in the corner of the room and give it some appreciation.

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousMarch 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    Thanks for dropping by my blog. This blog looks like tons of fun. I will be visiting often to find all those trivial answers!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Bob JohnsonMarch 13, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Very interesting, I just saw them as a hassle.

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousMarch 14, 2009 at 6:25 AM

    Interesting blog and amazing spider web article.
    Visit amazing pets on how to keep the most dangerous animals on earth http://ultrapixelshots.blogspot.com/2009/03/pet-crocodiles.html

    ReplyDelete
  13. AnonymousMarch 14, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    Great informational blog! Thanks for visiting mine.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Corinne RodriguesMarch 14, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    Great blog....
    C

    ReplyDelete
  15. Riccardo TroianiMarch 14, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    hi..nice blog..i'll follow it...thanks for the message on blogcatalog

    ReplyDelete
  16. AnonymousMarch 14, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    Wow.. incredible about spiders...

    ReplyDelete
  17. AnonymousMarch 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    Interesting!! It's incredible that spider's silk have that power. By the way, I love your blog, it includes so many interesting things that I haven't known. Keep on smiling to you!!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Mohan Kumar DMarch 15, 2009 at 6:25 AM

    Nice and useful information.

    ReplyDelete
  19. ChicTip.comMarch 15, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    Wow! very impressive!!

    ReplyDelete
  20. AnonymousMarch 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM

    Owh yeah...how strong that?

    ReplyDelete
  21. ctojournalMarch 16, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    see the animal clip video at:
    http://mobileclip.co.cc

    ReplyDelete
  22. EratoMarch 17, 2009 at 11:45 PM

    interesting... i might be nicer to the spiders at home then. didn't realize i had such "powerful" house guests :)

    ReplyDelete
  23. NikkiboyMarch 29, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    Nice, i like spiders, didn't know they make kevlars...HAHAHAHAHA!

    ReplyDelete
  24. syamzoneApril 7, 2009 at 8:18 AM

    Great! gud info...very impressive !!!

    ReplyDelete
  25. DekaApril 7, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    stronger than steel - not sure i believe this? what studies??

    ReplyDelete
  26. NicuApril 18, 2009 at 6:41 PM

    you would be amazed at how pour steel resistance is. And yes spider silk is the strongest stuff out there

    ReplyDelete
  27. AnonymousApril 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM

    I had heard that Spider silk was amazingly strong (relatively) but like someone else said 'wow' no idea they were considering it for things like bullet proof vests.

    I love trivia like this!

    ReplyDelete
  28. itSAMEERacleApril 23, 2009 at 9:05 PM

    ive heard about this before i think that would be so cool to utilize this. I hear people are still working on mimicking the polymers that make up the silk to use for the military. Cool post

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)