DIYbanter - View Single Post - Steel vs. kevlar cable, breaking strength vs. working load?

David Courtney

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"DT" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

For a project I can use either kevlar cord or thin steel cable.
The breaking strength for a given diameter (at least in the small
sizes) comes out very very close to each other: in one instance, .31"
steel cable was rated at 184 lbs, while .3125" kevlar cord was rated at
175 lbs.

This doesn't seem right, 5/16" steel cable has a breaking strength of
around 10,000 lbs.

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DT

Yeah, I think the 1/8" (or maybe 3mm) Spectra-cord I bought was listed
as having a 500# breaking strength.