{
  "name": "Breaking force of a pencil-thick strand of spider silk and of a steel wire of the same thickness",
  "desc": "Computed for this page: cross-section of a strand 7 mm across, its breaking force at the orb-weaver dragline strength range, the same for high-tensile steel, mass equivalents, and one fibre 1.994 µm across, one row per quantity with inputs and method.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/insects/spider-silk/",
  "from": [
    "media/spider-silk-vs-steel.csv (rows m1, m6)",
    "media/spider-silk-thread-sizes.csv (row t1)",
    "CODATA 2022 standard acceleration of gravity, 9.80665 m/s2 (exact)"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Brough HA, Cheneler D, Hardy JG 2024, Biomacromolecules 25(11):6987-7014, Table 1, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01122, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Fraternali F et al. 2020, Nanomaterials 10(8):1510, Table 1, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10081510, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Hennecke K et al. 2013, PLoS ONE 8(4):e61100, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061100, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "Standard acceleration of gravity, CODATA 2022, https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?gn, retrieved 2026-10-25",
    "All values computed for this page from a strand diameter of 7 mm chosen for this page, computed 2026-10-25"
  ]
}