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At the bottom of the page there is a link to Hagfish. Why? I don't see any reason to link to Hagfish from this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.214.96 ( talk) 02:58, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
Removed the following block of text since I think it's inaccurate:
"The proteins in the silk are complex molecules of amino acid. " Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't all proteins complex molecules of amino acid? Bong 11:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I have a few questions about the subject:
I also second the question on the spider web discussion page.
Eje211 16:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
I removed the 'citation needed' from the first paragraph, based on the above, another page I found, and math:
Even using the biggest number I have seen, 7 μm, as a thread diameter:
Weight of a strand long enough to encircle the earth = Thread density * Thread cross-sectional area * Earth circumference
= δt * At * RE
= 1.3 g/cm3 * ( π * (3.5 μm)^2 ) * 6378.137 km (equatorial)
= 1.3 g/cm3 * 3.84 × 10-11 m2 * 6378.137 km
= 1.3 g/cm3 * 245.45927 cm3
= 319 g
But, since we only started with one significant digit, the best answer is "about 300 g". Certainly less than 400 g though. -- 208.99.195.54 18:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I didn't remove any text, but there is a statement that Nexia has given up research on producing artifical spider silk, and this is not true. Nexia, in collaboration with the University of Wyomming, is producing mass quantities of goat milk that is already enriched with the spider proteins (ADF 3 and ADF 4).
You may have read an old souce... the goats owned by Nexia did indeed produce the silk dope that they were hoping for; however, they found it impossible to spin the liquid into actual threads of silk. The silk dope requires the spinnerettes to properly weave and fold the silk so that it has the correct properties. Nexia, without enough funding, simply could not work it. The project was dropped, and the goats were killed. PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals) was upset by the incident, claiming that the slaughter of innocent goats who HAD DONE WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTED TO DO, was inhumane, especially seeing as how genetically altered goats are illegal to sell as a food product, so their death was a waste of life with no benefit to humanity. Of course, to defend Nexia, I must agree that taking care of goats for several years after the funding had been cut and simply waiting for them to die would be an economical hardship on such a business. Nexia is not very good at resource management. -Tillie
A company called Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has brought the research from the University of Wyoming along with research from the University of Notre Dame in a collaberative effort to create a silkworm that is genetically altered to produce spider silk. In a recent press conference at the University of Notre Dame the effort on behalf of the Universities and Kraig Labs prooved to be a success. No goats were harmed in the typing of this footnote. -MFG. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.164.53 ( talk) 06:49, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I do have a problem, however, with the following: "Spider silk, normally that of the golden orb spider, is occasionally harvested and spun into usable textiles. Due to the difficulty of the process, the resulting fabric is invariably extremely expensive, and is generally utilized in fine couture." I have never heard of "fine couture" but I think "haute couture" may be what is meant. However, seeing as there are very few haute couture houses and spider silk is not massed produced, you would think there would be something, somewhere in the world to agree with this text. I cannot find anything, and I believe this information is incorrect and should, perhaps, be removed. I would do it myself, but perhaps instead someone could find a source? -tillie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.8.32.139 ( talk) 10:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I occasionally have spiders (small ones) in my house, but I can ruin their webs with a simple wave of my hand (though I try not to, since they eat insects). Do only some species of spiders make strong silk, or are those webs only weak because they are so thin (I can sometimes not even see them under certain lighting conditions, surely an advantageous trait for trapping insects) and they would be tough indeed if woven into a thicker thread or fabric?
The thickness and strength of spider silk varies between spider species. It also depends on the type of silk being produced, dragline silk is strong and rigid, while eggsac silk has a much lower strength, allowing the young to emerge.
Typically Argiope and Nephila (St andrews cross and Banana spider respectivly) dragline silks are studied for structural applications. These are both large tropical spiders, the larger size makes them easier to work with, and they produce strong webs to catch larger prey. In contrast lycosa ( wolf spiders)dont create an orb style web, and are largely a hunting spider, So they produce less types of silk, none with the dragline qualities of an Argiope or Nephila
How thick is a strand of silk, and what density does the material have? IMHO, this is more interesting than the factoid about the weight of a strand around the earth, which answers none of the questions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.181.2.44 ( talk) 07:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC). there is no way to find the answer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.163.146.9 ( talk) 13:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm told it is very tough, but you can cut it easily, it is only tough holding back something that hits it. The snare ( talk) 00:39, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
A strand of spider silk with the thickness of that of a pencil (roughly) is so strong that it is believed to be able to stop a Boeing 747 aircraft in flight.
Can anyone give some references here? How much force is needed to stop a 747 in flight? What type of 747(the weight of the 747 differ by type: Boeing 747#Specifications)? Stopping it meaning be able to just stop it, or actually hanging it up and supporting its weight? It is very strange to see a sentence like this since the force required varies with different stopping time(i.e. deceleration) and is not a good example. Normally wouldn't it be a sentence like a strand of silk with the thickness of X can support a weight of Y? MythSearcher talk 08:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I assumed that the phrase meant that the strength of a given sample of x diameter was greater than the thrust of the Boeing 747. Pretty famous example, but possibly over simplified.
As a second thought, I think that if you knew the initial velocity (flight velocity) and the mass, you could say that the spider web would be capable of absorbing that much energy, which could be computed using force * distance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.164.190.107 ( talk) 05:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
"Argiope argentata has five different types of silk, each for a different purpose:[2][3]
dragline silk: Used for the web's outer rim and spokes, as well as for the lifeline. As strong as steel, but much tougher. "
What is the difference between strength and toughness? Am I missing a subtle distinction? DBSouthwell 09:44, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
In case anyone is still wondering, strength is a measure of how much stress at failure point, toughness of how much work to get there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.220.132 ( talk) 21:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
sorry but that sounds like someone from peta wanted to get their 2 cents in. 86.42.191.36 ( talk) 18:55, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Saw this on the slashdot firehose, http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/ It covers the only large piece of cloth made from spider silk in existence today. Xx3nvyxx ( talk) 21:59, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I recall hearing somewhere there were efforts to use silk for ballistic vests in the '90s. Anybody know who, & when? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 01:32, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
I found this group of articles which could help expand the biosynthesis process if any arachnid neurobiologists are interested. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=related:v5wQZioKkXUJ:scholar.google.com/&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=dXr5TJH-FZKosAOi6-CfAg&sa=X&oi=science_links&ct=sl-related&resnum=3&ved=0CB4QzwIwAg Aditya.m4 ( talk) 23:18, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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Have re-added the beetle flax to the Biosynthesis section. Jon is usually correct in his suspicions, though in this case it was merely being unable to locate the reference at time of writing. For a reference to this unlikely fiber please see paragraph "Composition of a thread" p541 of Vollrath, F. Knight, D.P. (2001). "Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk". Nature 410 (6828): 541–548. Bibcode 2001Natur.410..541V. doi:10.1038/35069000. PMID 11279484. The article is much improved, but is not yet finished. More significant edits will be forthcoming in the coming weeks if all goes to plan. Regards, Vincentsarego ( talk) 16:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
The side chain of glycine is a single hydrogen, and is therefore smaller than the side chain of alanine which is a methyl group. The article claims the opposite. Thus the description of the molecular structure is partially incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.117.40.12 ( talk) 04:03, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
What dissolves it? There is no mention of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.47.132.26 ( talk) 17:16, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
The research on genetically-modified silkworms by the University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY), Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, PRC) and Notre Dame University, has been published. Reference: Florence Teuléa, Yun-Gen Miaob, Bong-Hee Sohnc, Young-Soo Kimc, J. Joe Hulla, Malcolm J. Fraser, Jr., Randolph V. Lewisa and Donald L. Jarvis, "Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., vol. 109, no. 3 (January 17, 2012), pp. 923-928 ( http://www.pnas.org/content/109/3/923.abstract). — Preceding unsigned comment added by DMGualtieri ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
As a compromise, wny not say "attempts at synthesizing..."? "Manufacturing silk" is a little unclear because "manufacturing silk" can be short for "manufacturing silk fabric," which is what I actually thought for the first second or so of clicking on the diff. P0M ( talk) 01:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
The Madagascar cape is magnificent, but surely not the only piece of spider web cloth around. How about the picture on spider silk in Chester Cathedral? http://www.slowtrav.com/uk/notes/chester_travel_guide.htm (possibly not the best reference, but the thing does exist - I've seen it). This ref refers to the Chester picture being 'one of only two left in the world' - what's the other one? Peridon ( talk) 13:49, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Isn't "gossamer" a unique type of silk (lighter weight per length), or is it simply synonymous with "spider silk"? 'Gossamer' is not listed as a 'type' in either table.
Example:
"Many small spiders use gossamer or especially fine silk to lift themselves off a surface or use the silk as an anchor in mid air. The very fine silk used for ballooning has been called “gossamer” since 1325 and was not originally known to be produced by spiders; by extension, the same word is used metaphorically for any exceedingly fine thread or fabric. Biologists also apply the term “balloon silk” to the threads that mechanically lift and drag systems."
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See also: How Spiders Create Silk Threads: Lowering pH Regulates Spider’s Silk Production, Researchers Find ~E again 74.60.29.141 ( talk) 19:33, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
At 12:12, 15 March 2013 Kilroy117 turned each mention of the word 'spider' into 'Badger'. Moments later, at 12:27, 15 March 2013 134.126.224.77 turned each 'Badger' into 'Spider'. The capitalization is unnecessary. Please could this be fixed? Thanks Vincentsarego ( talk) 12:53, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
The Silk article seems almost exclusively dedicated to silkworm silk and making cloth from it. Meanwhile, this article has lots of other information you'd expect to see in an article about silk. The Silk article should be renamed Silkworm_silk, and the 2nd half of this article should be split off to create a new Silk article, for starters. Scott McNay ( talk) 03:12, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
Here is a reference. I'm not sure where to put this fact. Please enter info from here if you think there's anything useful. [1] Thanks, -- Bananasoldier ( talk) 23:29, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
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The spider's genetical designing allow it to make various types of silks, some of the types are produced only in rare situations ,some rare types of silk are found of exhibiting exclusive features Karthik unk ( talk) 12:24, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
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Perhaps Spiber Inc can be mentioned ? I added it in a previous edit but it was refused (due to too few sources); here's the text with more references added:
I mainly added this entry because it seems a big company working on spider silk and it has an innovative way of making it see bloomberg post.
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Unlimited twisting: Mention that some kinds of spider silk perhaps have a ball chain molecular structure, allowing swiveling, e.g., of a fallen leaf attached to them, spinning forever in one direction in the wind. See also [2]. Jidanni ( talk) 00:31, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
"Extensibility" is an awkward term. Mechanical properties and generally listed as "Ultimate or Tensile Strength" for the maximum stress, "Yield Strength or Point" where permanent deformation or a percent offset is noticed in Stress/Strain curve, and "Elongation %" which is the lengthening of a test specimen under strain until a break or failure occurs. Elongation should be added to the graphs in place of Extensibility/Extension.
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"Extensibility" Silks are also extremely ductile, with some able to stretch up to five times their relaxed length without breaking.
"Elongation" Silks are also extremely ductile, with some able to reach an elongation of 500% of their relaxed length without breaking.
"Ductility is a measure of a material's ability to undergo significant plastic deformation before rupture or breaking, which may be expressed as percent elongation or percent area reduction from a tensile test. According to Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design (10th Ed.) [1] significant denotes about 5.0 percent elongation (Section 5.3, p. 233). See also Eq. 2–12, p. 50 for definitions of percent elongation and percent area reduction. Ductility is often characterized by a material's ability to be stretched into a wire.
From examination of data in Tables A20, A21, A22, A23, and A24 in Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, 10th Edition,[1] for both ductile and brittle materials, it is possible to postulate a broader quantifiable definition of ductility that does not rely on percent elongation alone. In general, a ductile material must have a measurable yield strength, at which unrecoverable plastic deformation begins (see Yield (engineering)), and also must satisfy one of the following conditions: either have an elongation to failure of at least 5%, or area reduction to rupture at least 20%, or true strain to rupture at least 10%."
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Why are there 2 seperate tables that detail each type of silk and its uses ? (3, if you count the first one that details the specific purposes, but i can see why that one is seperate from the other 2)
I feel like it'd make more sense to combine the 2 into 1. Sometimes the information from 1 table is repeated in the other, just using different words, or maybe along with another tiny fact. I feel like the 2 should be combined. It makes the article way easier to read, imo.
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At the bottom of the page there is a link to Hagfish. Why? I don't see any reason to link to Hagfish from this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.214.96 ( talk) 02:58, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
Removed the following block of text since I think it's inaccurate:
"The proteins in the silk are complex molecules of amino acid. " Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't all proteins complex molecules of amino acid? Bong 11:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I have a few questions about the subject:
I also second the question on the spider web discussion page.
Eje211 16:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
I removed the 'citation needed' from the first paragraph, based on the above, another page I found, and math:
Even using the biggest number I have seen, 7 μm, as a thread diameter:
Weight of a strand long enough to encircle the earth = Thread density * Thread cross-sectional area * Earth circumference
= δt * At * RE
= 1.3 g/cm3 * ( π * (3.5 μm)^2 ) * 6378.137 km (equatorial)
= 1.3 g/cm3 * 3.84 × 10-11 m2 * 6378.137 km
= 1.3 g/cm3 * 245.45927 cm3
= 319 g
But, since we only started with one significant digit, the best answer is "about 300 g". Certainly less than 400 g though. -- 208.99.195.54 18:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I didn't remove any text, but there is a statement that Nexia has given up research on producing artifical spider silk, and this is not true. Nexia, in collaboration with the University of Wyomming, is producing mass quantities of goat milk that is already enriched with the spider proteins (ADF 3 and ADF 4).
You may have read an old souce... the goats owned by Nexia did indeed produce the silk dope that they were hoping for; however, they found it impossible to spin the liquid into actual threads of silk. The silk dope requires the spinnerettes to properly weave and fold the silk so that it has the correct properties. Nexia, without enough funding, simply could not work it. The project was dropped, and the goats were killed. PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals) was upset by the incident, claiming that the slaughter of innocent goats who HAD DONE WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTED TO DO, was inhumane, especially seeing as how genetically altered goats are illegal to sell as a food product, so their death was a waste of life with no benefit to humanity. Of course, to defend Nexia, I must agree that taking care of goats for several years after the funding had been cut and simply waiting for them to die would be an economical hardship on such a business. Nexia is not very good at resource management. -Tillie
A company called Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has brought the research from the University of Wyoming along with research from the University of Notre Dame in a collaberative effort to create a silkworm that is genetically altered to produce spider silk. In a recent press conference at the University of Notre Dame the effort on behalf of the Universities and Kraig Labs prooved to be a success. No goats were harmed in the typing of this footnote. -MFG. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.164.53 ( talk) 06:49, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I do have a problem, however, with the following: "Spider silk, normally that of the golden orb spider, is occasionally harvested and spun into usable textiles. Due to the difficulty of the process, the resulting fabric is invariably extremely expensive, and is generally utilized in fine couture." I have never heard of "fine couture" but I think "haute couture" may be what is meant. However, seeing as there are very few haute couture houses and spider silk is not massed produced, you would think there would be something, somewhere in the world to agree with this text. I cannot find anything, and I believe this information is incorrect and should, perhaps, be removed. I would do it myself, but perhaps instead someone could find a source? -tillie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.8.32.139 ( talk) 10:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
I occasionally have spiders (small ones) in my house, but I can ruin their webs with a simple wave of my hand (though I try not to, since they eat insects). Do only some species of spiders make strong silk, or are those webs only weak because they are so thin (I can sometimes not even see them under certain lighting conditions, surely an advantageous trait for trapping insects) and they would be tough indeed if woven into a thicker thread or fabric?
The thickness and strength of spider silk varies between spider species. It also depends on the type of silk being produced, dragline silk is strong and rigid, while eggsac silk has a much lower strength, allowing the young to emerge.
Typically Argiope and Nephila (St andrews cross and Banana spider respectivly) dragline silks are studied for structural applications. These are both large tropical spiders, the larger size makes them easier to work with, and they produce strong webs to catch larger prey. In contrast lycosa ( wolf spiders)dont create an orb style web, and are largely a hunting spider, So they produce less types of silk, none with the dragline qualities of an Argiope or Nephila
How thick is a strand of silk, and what density does the material have? IMHO, this is more interesting than the factoid about the weight of a strand around the earth, which answers none of the questions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.181.2.44 ( talk) 07:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC). there is no way to find the answer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.163.146.9 ( talk) 13:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm told it is very tough, but you can cut it easily, it is only tough holding back something that hits it. The snare ( talk) 00:39, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
A strand of spider silk with the thickness of that of a pencil (roughly) is so strong that it is believed to be able to stop a Boeing 747 aircraft in flight.
Can anyone give some references here? How much force is needed to stop a 747 in flight? What type of 747(the weight of the 747 differ by type: Boeing 747#Specifications)? Stopping it meaning be able to just stop it, or actually hanging it up and supporting its weight? It is very strange to see a sentence like this since the force required varies with different stopping time(i.e. deceleration) and is not a good example. Normally wouldn't it be a sentence like a strand of silk with the thickness of X can support a weight of Y? MythSearcher talk 08:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I assumed that the phrase meant that the strength of a given sample of x diameter was greater than the thrust of the Boeing 747. Pretty famous example, but possibly over simplified.
As a second thought, I think that if you knew the initial velocity (flight velocity) and the mass, you could say that the spider web would be capable of absorbing that much energy, which could be computed using force * distance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.164.190.107 ( talk) 05:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
"Argiope argentata has five different types of silk, each for a different purpose:[2][3]
dragline silk: Used for the web's outer rim and spokes, as well as for the lifeline. As strong as steel, but much tougher. "
What is the difference between strength and toughness? Am I missing a subtle distinction? DBSouthwell 09:44, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
In case anyone is still wondering, strength is a measure of how much stress at failure point, toughness of how much work to get there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.220.132 ( talk) 21:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
sorry but that sounds like someone from peta wanted to get their 2 cents in. 86.42.191.36 ( talk) 18:55, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Saw this on the slashdot firehose, http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/ It covers the only large piece of cloth made from spider silk in existence today. Xx3nvyxx ( talk) 21:59, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I recall hearing somewhere there were efforts to use silk for ballistic vests in the '90s. Anybody know who, & when? TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 01:32, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
I found this group of articles which could help expand the biosynthesis process if any arachnid neurobiologists are interested. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=related:v5wQZioKkXUJ:scholar.google.com/&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=dXr5TJH-FZKosAOi6-CfAg&sa=X&oi=science_links&ct=sl-related&resnum=3&ved=0CB4QzwIwAg Aditya.m4 ( talk) 23:18, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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Have re-added the beetle flax to the Biosynthesis section. Jon is usually correct in his suspicions, though in this case it was merely being unable to locate the reference at time of writing. For a reference to this unlikely fiber please see paragraph "Composition of a thread" p541 of Vollrath, F. Knight, D.P. (2001). "Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk". Nature 410 (6828): 541–548. Bibcode 2001Natur.410..541V. doi:10.1038/35069000. PMID 11279484. The article is much improved, but is not yet finished. More significant edits will be forthcoming in the coming weeks if all goes to plan. Regards, Vincentsarego ( talk) 16:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
The side chain of glycine is a single hydrogen, and is therefore smaller than the side chain of alanine which is a methyl group. The article claims the opposite. Thus the description of the molecular structure is partially incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.117.40.12 ( talk) 04:03, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
What dissolves it? There is no mention of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.47.132.26 ( talk) 17:16, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
The research on genetically-modified silkworms by the University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY), Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, PRC) and Notre Dame University, has been published. Reference: Florence Teuléa, Yun-Gen Miaob, Bong-Hee Sohnc, Young-Soo Kimc, J. Joe Hulla, Malcolm J. Fraser, Jr., Randolph V. Lewisa and Donald L. Jarvis, "Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with improved mechanical properties," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., vol. 109, no. 3 (January 17, 2012), pp. 923-928 ( http://www.pnas.org/content/109/3/923.abstract). — Preceding unsigned comment added by DMGualtieri ( talk • contribs) 11:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
As a compromise, wny not say "attempts at synthesizing..."? "Manufacturing silk" is a little unclear because "manufacturing silk" can be short for "manufacturing silk fabric," which is what I actually thought for the first second or so of clicking on the diff. P0M ( talk) 01:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
The Madagascar cape is magnificent, but surely not the only piece of spider web cloth around. How about the picture on spider silk in Chester Cathedral? http://www.slowtrav.com/uk/notes/chester_travel_guide.htm (possibly not the best reference, but the thing does exist - I've seen it). This ref refers to the Chester picture being 'one of only two left in the world' - what's the other one? Peridon ( talk) 13:49, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
Isn't "gossamer" a unique type of silk (lighter weight per length), or is it simply synonymous with "spider silk"? 'Gossamer' is not listed as a 'type' in either table.
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"Many small spiders use gossamer or especially fine silk to lift themselves off a surface or use the silk as an anchor in mid air. The very fine silk used for ballooning has been called “gossamer” since 1325 and was not originally known to be produced by spiders; by extension, the same word is used metaphorically for any exceedingly fine thread or fabric. Biologists also apply the term “balloon silk” to the threads that mechanically lift and drag systems."
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See also: How Spiders Create Silk Threads: Lowering pH Regulates Spider’s Silk Production, Researchers Find ~E again 74.60.29.141 ( talk) 19:33, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
At 12:12, 15 March 2013 Kilroy117 turned each mention of the word 'spider' into 'Badger'. Moments later, at 12:27, 15 March 2013 134.126.224.77 turned each 'Badger' into 'Spider'. The capitalization is unnecessary. Please could this be fixed? Thanks Vincentsarego ( talk) 12:53, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
The Silk article seems almost exclusively dedicated to silkworm silk and making cloth from it. Meanwhile, this article has lots of other information you'd expect to see in an article about silk. The Silk article should be renamed Silkworm_silk, and the 2nd half of this article should be split off to create a new Silk article, for starters. Scott McNay ( talk) 03:12, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
Here is a reference. I'm not sure where to put this fact. Please enter info from here if you think there's anything useful. [1] Thanks, -- Bananasoldier ( talk) 23:29, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
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The spider's genetical designing allow it to make various types of silks, some of the types are produced only in rare situations ,some rare types of silk are found of exhibiting exclusive features Karthik unk ( talk) 12:24, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Looking back to one of the early big expansions in 2011 here, the ENGVAR was clearly en-UK ("fibre", "optimised", etc.). So I will mark this article accordingly, and standardize the currently variable spellings. Peter coxhead ( talk) 21:09, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
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Perhaps Spiber Inc can be mentioned ? I added it in a previous edit but it was refused (due to too few sources); here's the text with more references added:
I mainly added this entry because it seems a big company working on spider silk and it has an innovative way of making it see bloomberg post.
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Unlimited twisting: Mention that some kinds of spider silk perhaps have a ball chain molecular structure, allowing swiveling, e.g., of a fallen leaf attached to them, spinning forever in one direction in the wind. See also [2]. Jidanni ( talk) 00:31, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
"Extensibility" is an awkward term. Mechanical properties and generally listed as "Ultimate or Tensile Strength" for the maximum stress, "Yield Strength or Point" where permanent deformation or a percent offset is noticed in Stress/Strain curve, and "Elongation %" which is the lengthening of a test specimen under strain until a break or failure occurs. Elongation should be added to the graphs in place of Extensibility/Extension.
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"Extensibility" Silks are also extremely ductile, with some able to stretch up to five times their relaxed length without breaking.
"Elongation" Silks are also extremely ductile, with some able to reach an elongation of 500% of their relaxed length without breaking.
"Ductility is a measure of a material's ability to undergo significant plastic deformation before rupture or breaking, which may be expressed as percent elongation or percent area reduction from a tensile test. According to Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design (10th Ed.) [1] significant denotes about 5.0 percent elongation (Section 5.3, p. 233). See also Eq. 2–12, p. 50 for definitions of percent elongation and percent area reduction. Ductility is often characterized by a material's ability to be stretched into a wire.
From examination of data in Tables A20, A21, A22, A23, and A24 in Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, 10th Edition,[1] for both ductile and brittle materials, it is possible to postulate a broader quantifiable definition of ductility that does not rely on percent elongation alone. In general, a ductile material must have a measurable yield strength, at which unrecoverable plastic deformation begins (see Yield (engineering)), and also must satisfy one of the following conditions: either have an elongation to failure of at least 5%, or area reduction to rupture at least 20%, or true strain to rupture at least 10%."
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Why are there 2 seperate tables that detail each type of silk and its uses ? (3, if you count the first one that details the specific purposes, but i can see why that one is seperate from the other 2)
I feel like it'd make more sense to combine the 2 into 1. Sometimes the information from 1 table is repeated in the other, just using different words, or maybe along with another tiny fact. I feel like the 2 should be combined. It makes the article way easier to read, imo.
John the man the plan on the train track ( talk) 18:41, 5 June 2024 (UTC)