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Spider Silk

A material produced by most spiders which has higher tensile strength than steel, and is equal to that of commercial polyaramid filaments—e.g., Twaron or Kevlar. It is extremely lightweight and ductile, can stretch up to 140% of its length without breaking and holds its strength to -40ºC
Composition Complex proteins rich in alternating glycine and alanine, or alanine alone, that self-assemble into a beta sheet conformation

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No references found			[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The most studied spider silks come from the golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes, and the European garden spider, Araneus diadematus. Silk's superpowers by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News for Kids John Gosline of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and his colleague Ken Savage recently compared the dragline silk of the golden silk spider with that of the European garden spider. Silk: mimicking how spiders make their complex array of silks could ... by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News The silk spiders use to weave webs is liquid but hardens on contact with air. it's a fact; SPIDERS by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			silico- silicoanthracosis silicon silicon dioxide silicone silicone arthroplasty silicone implant silicone oil silicone rubber silicone septum silicone-gel breast implant silicone-hydrogel lens silicone-reactive disorder siliconoma silicophosphate cement silicoproteinosis silicosiderosis silicosis Silicote silicotuberculosis siliculose cataract SILIG siliquose siliquose cataract silk Silk spider silk suture Silkie silky lupin silky oak Silky terrier silo silo filler's disease SILO response silo-filler disease silo-filler's disease siloxane Silpha Silvadene silver Silver Alert silver amalgam Silver Bunionectomy silver carp Silver Ceiling silver cone method Silver dwarf silver fox Silver Goose silver iodide silver nitrate			Silk Mark Organisation of India Silk moth Silk moth silk moths silk oak Silk Painters International silk paper Silk Road Silk Road Silk Road (disambiguation) Silk Road Disease Silk Road Disease Silk Road International Silk Road Project Silk Road Studies Program Silk Road Theatre Project Silk Road Tours Silk Road, Great Silk Route Silk Route Silk Routes Silk Routes Silk rugs Silk rugs Silk screen Silk screen effect silk screen print Silk screening Silk serge Silk shag Silk spider Silk Spinning silk stocking Silk stocking murders Silk stocking murders Silk Stocking Strangler Silk Stocking Strangler silk suture silk suture (4) silk suture (4) silk suture (4) Silk thrower Silk Throwing silk tree Silk vessel silk vine Silk Way Silk Way silk wood Silk worm Silk worm silk-cotton tree silk-cotton tree silk-cotton trees silk-like silk-like silk-like Silk-Like Polymer with Fibronectin silk-lined Silk-oak silk-raising

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Spider Silk (redirected from Silk spider)

Spider Silk
(redirected from Silk spider)