Marvel's Spider-Man: Web of Fate

Even the same spider can produce multiple different types of silk.

For example, a type of spider called the garden spider can produce seven different types of silk.

Some were used for weaving webs, some for hunting, some for escaping, and some for weaving egg sacs.

If spiders in nature are like this, then when the spider's abilities enter the human body, how can the webs of each different Spider-Man be exactly the same?

If we could analyze samples of the different spider silk of different Spider-Men, uncover their secrets, and figure out the main factors that cause these differences: morphological characteristics, amino acid composition and sequence, protein secondary structure, mechanical properties, and biological functions, etc.

Perhaps he can use this to develop a new type of bio-fiber material to make lighter and more breathable bio-fiber clothing, lighter but more resilient bio-fiber ropes, or even as thread for suturing wounds after surgery.

Spider silk is arguably the most outstanding natural fiber material with the best overall performance discovered to date!

Materials science has always been an extremely important part of modern science. Polymer materials, inorganic non-metallic materials, metallic materials, composite materials, etc., are applied to all aspects of modern human life.

Its industry prospects are excellent!

And this was the only thing Peter could think of after racking his brains for several lessons that he could actually use to collaborate with Tony Stark!

Tony Stark himself said that even he was amazed by the bio-silk that Peter created himself.

The biomaterial that even Iron Man praised should be able to earn him his first pot of gold, right?

Peter knew that the gold-titanium alloy used in Iron Man's Iron Man armor was actually a high-strength alloy created by Iron Man himself.

After abandoning the highly profitable arms manufacturing industry, how does Stark Industries still maintain such a large scale?

Ultimately, it comes down to three aspects.

Materials, energy, and medicine!

Energy refers to the Arc Reactor used in Iron Man's armor and the super-large reactor built in Stark Tower. It's not just about the reactor's clean and massive energy output, but also the high efficiency and low consumption of energy output technologies, all of which are related to energy.

This alone is enough to make Stark Industries a giant in the industry.

In the medical field, Stark Group owns a large number of hospitals, has many medical laboratories, and even has a cutting-edge technology called "Cradle of Life" that incorporates nanotechnology.

In addition to the gold-titanium alloy used in the Iron Man armor, the materials also include polymer composites, nanomaterials, and so on, all of which are Iron Man's technologies.

Peter dared not think about anything else for the time being.

But making spider silk was something he excelled at.

Peter skillfully used the two recipes in his mind to make his own and the Amazing Spider-Man's spider silk, then placed them on glass slides to make spider silk specimens and observed them under a microscope.

The biological characteristics of spider silk were well revealed under the Olympuc C-35AD optical microscope.

Peter also discovered that there were indeed differences between the two types of spider silk!

Chapter 30 Peter's Day

Under the microscope, the structures of the two types of spider silk are actually quite similar, both resembling the silk of the black widow spider in nature.

Peter had learned from the literature that scientists at the University of California, Riverside had conducted detailed research on the genetic code of black widow spider silk and discovered that black widow spider silk contains two key proteins, Masp1 and Masp2.

Both are serine proteases and are part of the complement-activated lectin pathway.

The webs used by these two Spider-Men contain a type of masp that is more subtle and profound than that found in spiders in nature.

It's almost like magic!

This made Peter somewhat suspicious. Could it be that the source of these Spider-Men's abilities is not only science, but also the intervention of metaphysics?

Unfortunately, although the school's laboratory has a relatively rich supply of equipment, it is no longer possible to conduct further research.

Peter could only jot down the idea for now and continue to study it in depth when he had the opportunity later.

He then found a single-fiber electronic strength meter in the laboratory.

He also has one of these in his own home, the big CRT computer that Iron Man jokingly calls "retro tech" and sits on his desk in his room.

The reason that computer with its large bottom was so big was because a motor was hidden inside the main unit.

With this, Peter can measure the strength of his spider silk by manually gripping it.

Oh right, there's one of these on the table in the little workshop in The Amazing Spider-Man (it really is in the movie, it's small and looks like a monitor on the side, you can look it up if you're interested).

Clearly, studying spider silk is one of the natural hobbies and commonalities of every Spider-Man.

However, compared to his and the Amazing Spider-Man's two "retro" and low-budget versions, the one in the school is much more high-end.

The school laboratory uses a pneumatic clamping method, which can achieve slow clamping and slow release by adjusting the air supply. This minimizes damage to the material being tested.

Moreover, the deformation process is more controllable and can be observed in greater detail.

If it were his own manual one, Peter would have to constantly pay attention to controlling the strength of his muscles, carefully controlling the force in his hands while also making observations and records. Just thinking about it makes you realize how tiring that would be.

So, if he could, Peter would still prefer to do this at school.

Anyway, no one else knows what he's doing.

Teachers generally don't interfere with what experiments students are doing, because each student chooses their own topic.

His classmates were all busy with their own things and rarely paid attention to him, except for Ned.

"Peter, what are you researching?"

"Uh, Stark Internship Program, composite fiber materials, you know." Peter was quite satisfied with this excuse, as if he could push anything onto it. With Iron Man to take the blame, if there were any problems, he could ask Iron Man.

"Oh~" Ned suddenly realized, no wonder he couldn't understand what Peter was doing after watching for so long.

That makes sense, since his expertise lies in electronics and computer programming, so it's normal that he doesn't understand biomaterials.

So Ned turned around and went to do his own thing.

Peter continued his experiments using a single-fiber tensile tester.

The mechanical properties of spider silk were well demonstrated by the force meter.

The difference between the two types of spider silk is also revealed.

Compared to his webs, The Amazing Spider-Man's webs are much stronger, mainly in terms of tensile strength.

However, correspondingly, the elasticity of the webs in The Amazing Spider-Man is not as good as his; his elongation at break is higher.

In summary: The Amazing Spider-Man's webs are stronger and harder, and can withstand more force. However, because they have lost some elasticity, their cushioning performance is relatively reduced. If used to stick to objects, or even people, the other party will have to withstand more force than Peter's webs.

Because the total amount of force is constant!

The latter's force was partially dissipated by the elasticity of the spider silk, so the force transmitted back to the affected person was naturally less.

However, such details are probably not very useful.

Peter then used other equipment in the laboratory to make further observations. He discovered that the density of both his own silk and the spider silk used by The Amazing Spider-Man was similar to that of silkworm silk, which is less than that of most high-performance fibers such as Kevlar, and far less than that of steel.

This discovery means that he might actually be able to use spider silk to make clothing!

By simply making some adjustments to the rigidity of spider silk, making it no longer biased towards current bio-fibers, and adding some other elements while sacrificing some performance, we might be able to obtain a composite material that is superior to existing polymer fiber materials!

After studying the materials, Peter secretly disassembled the pneumatic electronic single-fiber strength meter when the teacher wasn't looking, examined its internal structure, and memorized it.

When he travels to other Spider-Man worlds in the future, there will definitely be many more different kinds of spider webs.

We can't possibly wait until lab class to do this research every time, can we?

So he decided that when he got back, he would find a way to completely convert the manual car at home into a pneumatic one.

Even if it can't compare to this one, it should at least have 90%, no, 70% of its performance!

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The lab session ended amidst Peter's busy work.

No kidding, he really was busy for an entire class period.

I'm just not busy with class content.

However, can doing experiments be considered slacking off?

That's for a better future!

It is for the prosperity and flourishing of science and technology for all mankind!

cough cough.

Nothing interesting happened for the next half day.

Aside from the annoying guy, Frye, who was always at odds with him and would occasionally try to be clever in front of him, Peter's half-day was peaceful and uneventful.

As for Flash, he's just a clueless idiot who likes to get attention.

Peter didn't bother arguing with him.

Interestingly, this guy actually likes what Peter looks like when he's wearing his suit, which is Spider-Man.

Flashy declared himself Spider-Man's number one fan, with Spider-Man prints on his clothes, Spider-Man photos hidden in his backpack, and he would occasionally cause trouble for Peter, the upright Spider-Man.

What a fanatical stalker—even though he didn't know Peter's true identity.

What could Peter do about it?

I have no choice but to forgive him!

He never imagined that he would have such a devoted fan after only being active for such a short time.

What's even more unexpected is that this die-hard fan is his classmate!