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How strong
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| Introduction:
The ability of a material to
resist breaking under tensile stress is one of the most important
and widely measured properties of plastics including nylon
filaments used as fishing line. Most plastics stretch under
tensile force and become longer. The percentage of increase in
length that occurs before it breaks under tension is called the
ultimate elongation of a plastic. |
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Project
description:
The amount of force required to
break a line is listed on its packaging, but it may not always be true.
This project is an attempt to measure tensile strength of a nylon fishing
line with simple equipment. |
Details
of this project:
More details or support for this project is available at the
members section of ScienceProject.com web site. Material
needed for experiment or a science kit about this title may be
available at MiniScience.com. |
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