When it comes to the appearance of the silk produced by spiders, it looks fragile but the fact is it has amazing strength that is considered to be more than steel. Many researchers have taken this feature into consideration and are constantly trying their best to replicate and bind the properties of this material. By knowing the way how spiders create this elastic thread the researchers are trying to make artificial spinning equipment that is just like spider's silk producing glands and the possible produced material from it can be used in large number of applications.
If you consider the spider's web, it is robust but when you try to pull it what happens? The web can stretch and soften in the initial pull but when you try it again with much force it stiffens more. It is the strength of spider silk that makes the web strong and flexible. How the webs of spider achieve such strength? The fact is that it is not only the toughness of the silk that makes
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Spiders use their silk for not only building their webs but also for trapping prey, dangling from various surfaces, ballooning etc. For whatever reason they use this silk it can resists damages.But the simple fact that gives durability to the web is not merely the immense strength of this material. It is the extraordinary combination of stretchiness and strength of this material that makes the webs so flexible. That is the feature of this silk is to first get soft and then become stiff when any force is applied.
These unique properties that researchers have found about spider silk vary based on the force applied and overall structure design of the web. It is strong, durable and elastic fiber that has surpassed in some properties with synthetic high-performing fibers. If you compare some special properties of this silk with several properties of various synthetic fibers, then it will be clearly known why this silk is considered for high-quality applications in a wide range of industries. This fiber is almost as strong as other synthetic materials used for manufacturing highly durable garments.
Further it has an invincible feature of absorbing energy or resilience, which can be measured through tensile test if the area under stress is identified. This capability to store energy and the fact that energy is dissolute when the fiber is deformed allows the spiders to intercept and grab their prey, by using their kinetic energy. The property of this silk to absorb energy is a design parameter for many applications. Apart from this feature another attractive thing is the way in which the silk is produced. That is spiders usually spin the silk fiber at a room temperature in aqueous medium from usual materials. Moreover this silk is recyclable and also biodegradable.
