User blog:Wolfenmaus/Strongest Material in the Universe

The Math Behind The Mask:

 At first it seems strange (or even impossible) to believe that a compound such as the one in the Chishiki could take over 64 million PSI. However, this will quickly explain how it is indeed possible.

Step 1: Meet Darwin

 Deep in Madagascar, there is a creature that was previously unknown to humanity. This creature, for some reason, has the ability to create a material that is ten times stronger than Kevlar. This creature, who uses this material to capture large creatures to feed on, is the Darwin’s Bark Spider (''Caerostris darwini). ''It is able to create webs spanning 82 feet long! Not only that, but its webbing is, as mentioned, the strongest organic substance known to man.



The Math:

 First off, I’m bad at math, but I’ve run calculations for this many times, so it is indeed accurate. The webbing registers at a maximum durability of 520 MJ/m3 (megajoules). undefinedA megajoule in itself is worth 1 million joules. So, as with normal math, we write down what we know.





1 MJ = 1,000,000 J

1,000,000 x 520 = 520,000,000

 Now, a joule in itself equates to about 0.73 PSF, or Pounds per Square foot. Multiply by 520, and it nets you 383,537,394.89 PSF. While this looks impressive, we aren’t done. As we are looking for PSI, we have to divide this number by 12.

383,537,394.89 / 12= 31,961,449 PSI

<p class="MsoNormal"> Because of this equation, we now know that this is the amount of pressure that one microfiber of webbing can withstand before snapping. We still aren’t done though, because we have one more number to calculate: the PSI of a sheet of steel with a thickness of 1.3 centimeters, which is the thickness of the mask. Steel has a durability of around 503 lb/cu ft, which divided is 41.9 PSI. However, tempered and normalized steel is about 35% tougher than this, so…

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">503 x .35 = 106.5

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">503 + 106.5 = 609.5

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">609.5 / 12 = 50.7916666666667

<p class="MsoNormal"> Which means we need to add   50.79166666666667 to 31961449.57416667 which gives a total sum of…

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"> 31,961,500.36583334 PSI 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">... If it was a sheet, and not curved. Because it is curved to be angular to the face, you double the amount, which makes it …

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">63,923,000.73166667 PSI