ide Spider silk is the strongest known material natural or

Last updated: 9/13/2023

ide Spider silk is the strongest known material natural or man made on a weight basis A study examined the mechanical properties of spider silk using 21 female golden orb weavers Nephila clavipes The data on silk yield stress represent the amount of force per unit area needed to reach permanent deformation of the silk strand The data are expressed in megapascals MPa 164 0 478 7 251 3 351 7 173 0 448 9 300 6 362 0 272 4 740 2 329 0 327 2 270 5 332 1 288 8 176 1 282 2 236 1 358 2 270 5 290 7 To access the complete dataset click the link for your preferred software format Excel Minitab14 18 Minitab18 JMP SPSS TI R Mac TXT PC TXT CSV CrunchIt Macmillan Learning Obtain the five number summary of the distribution of yield stresses The summary consists of the minimum Q1 median Q3 and maximum values in the data Enter your answers for the minimum median and maximum rounded to one decimal place Enter your answers for Q and Q3 rounded to two decimal places Minimum Q Median Q3 Maximum MPa MPa MPa MPa MPa