Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 16:57:24 -1000 From: mgraves@leadingedg.win.net (Michael Graves) Message-Id: <1231@leadingedg.win.net> Subject: Dyneema vs Spectra Could someone please explain the difference between Dyneema and Spectra? Thanks, Michael Graves = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 16:21:32 -1000 From: rock@netcom.com (Anne Rock) Message-Id: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Subject: Re: Dyneema vs Spectra Michael Graves (mgraves@leadingedg.win.net) wrote: : Could someone please explain the difference between Dyneema and : Spectra? Dyneema is what Region 13 members who are not Canadian members use with stunt kites (and other uses) ;-) Spectra is the Allied Signal name, and Dyneema is from DSM (I don't know what country). Anne -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Anne Rock | * * rock@netcom.com | * * Berkeley, CA | * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 06:22:46 -1000 From: vdhamer@prl.philips.nl Message-Id: <9410241622.AA05563@isthp2.prl.philips.nl> Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: Re: Dyneema vs Spectra > Michael Graves (mgraves@leadingedg.win.net) wrote: > : Could someone please explain the difference between Dyneema and > : Spectra? > Dyneema is what Region 13 members who are not Canadian members use > with stunt kites (and other uses) ;-) > Spectra is the Allied Signal name, and Dyneema is from DSM (I don't > know what country). > Anne > * Anne Rock DSM is Dutch State Mines (believe it or not). DSM was originally a government owned company which operated Holland's coal mines, but evolved into a chemical multinational, and was privatised. They specialize in bulk plastics, but also have high tech products like Dyneema (trademark). One of the (main?) applications of Dyneema is in bulletproof vests. Peter van den Hamer vdhamer@prl.philips.nl = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 11:13:11 -1000 From: salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne) Message-Id: <38jsd7$b7q@pobox.csc.fi> Organization: STACK Finland Subject: Re: Dyneema vs Spectra In rock@netcom.com (Anne Rock) writes: >Michael Graves (mgraves@leadingedg.win.net) wrote: >: Could someone please explain the difference between Dyneema and >: Spectra? >Dyneema is what Region 13 members who are not Canadian members use >with stunt kites (and other uses) ;-) >Spectra is the Allied Signal name, and Dyneema is from DSM (I don't >know what country). Not from region 13 or from Holland, a quote from SK (without I or II) by Servaas & Nop: BEGIN QUOTE Dyneema/Spectra. The best base material for kite line fibres to date is High-modulus-polyethylene (HMP). The Dutch national 'chemistry pride' DSM has patented the process of aligning the super-long molecules within each fibre strand... [clip] Next to Dyneema there is Spectra fibre, which is produced in the United States, and is of similar quality. END QUOTE Read more in Stunt Kites to Make and Fly, page 14. Smooth Lines Simo -- Simo.Salanne@csc.fi STACK Finland = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 22:57:56 -1000 From: pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk (James Petts) Message-Id: Organization: Unlikely... Subject: Re: Dyneema vs Spectra In article , rock@netcom.com (Anne Rock) wrote: > Spectra is the Allied Signal name, and Dyneema is from DSM (I don't > know what country). The Netherlands. -- James Petts ----------- In the world of CD-ROM, a horse will always be an herbivorous quadruped, and there'll be endless examples to prove just that. But that world will never tell you how it feels to ride a horse. Or fall off it = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 21:18:10 -1000 From: thbon@stud.uni-sb.de (Thomas Bonk) Message-Id: <38kvri$cg7@stud.uni-sb.de> Organization: Studenten der Universit"at des Saarlandes Subject: Re: Dyneema vs Spectra Michael Graves (mgraves@leadingedg.win.net) wrote: : Could someone please explain the difference between Dyneema and : Spectra? There isn't a differnce, I think! bye. -- Thomas Bonk, Otto-Hahn-Str. 5, 66450 Bexbach, Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Against racism, fascism and sexism. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =