A fact only a true Spider Man fan must be aware of...
Are science talks your cup of tea? Or, are you a fan of Spider-Man? If you fit in any one of these, then this blog post is just for you. If Spider Man's web is anything like spider silk, it's surprisingly realistic! Yes, you heard it right. One question must be intriguing us quite a long time as to why Peter Parker preferred spider silk to any other material. He would have chosen any other material over spider silk but chose spider silk for webbing. It was indeed a smart choice. When Spider-Man was making his own web in the chemistry lab in his high school, he tried using saliva of a spider. Spider silk is a protein fibre which is stronger than steel. A dragline silk's tensile strength is comparable to that of high-grade steel alloy and about half as strong as aramid filament such as Twaron or Kevlar, which is used for making bulletproof cloth. In 2008, a wood bases nanofiber achieved tensile stiffness eight times greater and with higher tensile stren...