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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Polym Sci. 2007;32(8-9):991–1007. doi: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2007.05.013

Table 4.

Mechanical properties of dragline silk from different species (abridged from [100].

Species Young’s modulus
(GPa)		 Toughness
(MJ/m3)
Nephila clavipes 7.38–22 80–111.2
Araneus diadematus 4.0–10 131–160
Argiope trifasciata 6.9–11 90–116.3
Latrodectus hesperus 6–10.2 180.9
Leucauge verusta 10.6 151
Plectreurys tristis 16.1 112.1
Kukulcania hibernalis 22.2 132.2