Pure Fishing’s Berkley brand’s Whiplash Orange fishing line is “100% PE #Dyneema” (i.e. #UHMWPE) fishing line. From their UK website, it costs £0.1166 per meter on a 300-meter reel in the diameter range 60μm to 200μm. They have some larger; 280μm, the thickest they offer, is rated at 44.9kg breaking strength, and they charge £42.99 for 220m, or £0.1954/m, or £279.99/2000m = £0.14/m. 44.9kg is 440 N, coming out to a stunning 7.15 GPa tensile strength, almost three times the rated strength of the 50kg 500μm “Whiplash Pro” of which I bought 100 meters for AR$100 the other day (AR$1/m ≈ £0.15/m). They no longer seem to carry “Whiplash Pro.” #materials
on 02016-07-01#pdf #paper on #Dyneema #UHMWPE #materials properties (Young’s modulus, tensile strength at varying strain rates, etc.)
on 02016-06-02#Dyneema “Bully Braid” braided fishing line for AR$305 for 100 meters in either 0.14 mm or 0.18 mm diameter, advertised at 10.2 kg or 12.2 kg respectively. That would be about 6–6.5 GPa, which is over twice the yield strength Wikipedia and Polyco claim that #UHMWPE has.
on 02016-05-24The manufacturer of #Dyneema brand #UHMWPE lists tensile strengths from 2.2GPa (for SK25) up to 3.3–3.9 GPa (for SK78 and SK75), and tensile moduli in the range of 52 to 132 GPa, with a consistent 3–4% elongation at break. Density is .97 to .98 g/cc. #materials
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