Review Article
Natural Products: A Minefield of Biomaterials
Table 6
Stress and strain of different types of silk.*
| | Silk type | Stress (Gpa) | Stress (Gpa) |
| | Bombyx mori cocoon silk | 1.1 | 0.24 | | Nephila claripe MAS | 1.75 | 0.15 | | Nephila maculate dragline | 1.1 | 0.46 | | Arameus serratus framesilk | 0.81 | 0.24 | | Araneus diadematus radial silk | 1.2 | 0.40 | | A. serratus viscid silk | 1.0 | 2.00 | | A. diadematus viscid silk | 1.4 | 4.76 |
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*Adapted from Ivanova (2005) [13].
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