Connections: A Special Material and its Chemistry

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This amazing material has a tensile strength about equal to that of alloyed steel, a density 1/6 that of steel, and a tensile strength about half that of some aramid fibers.

Much research has been done to attempt to synthesize this material because of its many desireable properties.

Kevlar is a strong polymer reacted from a carboxylic acid and benzenediamine.

However, this material is composed of two proteins which contain two of the smallest amino acids, glycine and alanine.

What is this material?
 
Originally Posted By: lukejo
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Wow, all of you are correct but I believe lukejo was the first with the correct answer so he wins the Piston cup Lapel Pin.
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Spider Silk of the Golden Orb Weaver has three times the impact strength of Kevlar, and is 30% more flexible than Nylon.

Hence, it this exact same chemical makeup can be synthesized and if the chemical structure can be reproduced, a light, flexible, but very strong form of body armor could be produced.
 
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