What is Braid Made out of?

[Fritzie]

I am doing a science project on braid against mono.
To finish this off, I need to find out what braid is made out of
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Fritzie

[Fritzie]

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[Scorpion]

Try to get in contact with one of the companies that make it. They might even send you info on both, mono & braid.

[bungie]

You can buy fishing lines in different materials and manufacturing processes that have been refined or added to give you better lines to get the job done.

Monofilament/Cofilament

• Monofilament lines are the most popular, primarily because of their lower price tag
• They use nylon to form the line in single sheath so they are more prone to abrasion
• Cofilament line adds more resistance while still providing sensitivity and stretch
• This basically uses an inner and outer sheath of nylon to improve the line's ability to withstand wear and tear

Braided

• These small diameter lines improve strength and still maintain sensitivity
• For example, a 15-pound test braided line still has the same diameter of a 6 pound test monofilament fishing line
• The nylon is woven in a braided line to add strength while still keeping the line thin. Many manufacturers add a coating to hold the braid together, increasing its durability and strength.
• Three problems exist with braided lines but these can be easily overcome
  • One, you must use the type of knot recommended by the manufacturer to keep your line on the hook
  • Two, many of these are limp so they can be tougher to cast, especially on spinning reels
  • A third area but one that's shared by all lines is watching for nicks. Braided lines, in particular though, become much weaker so you need to watch for broken braid strands.

Fusion

• A variant of braided lines is a new fusion process
• Micro-fiber nylon is fused together to maintain sensitivity, strength and a small line diameter while keeping the line limp for easier casting and distance
• Some experts caution that the new super braided and fusion lines have limited stretch, a big plus in setting the hook

Fluorocarbons

The latest advance in fishing lines is fluorocarbons--made from a polymer of fluorine boned to carbon. This super-premium line offers several advantages.

• Invisibility
  • This is a very big benefit, especially in clear water or finesse fishing
  • Fluorocarbon line comes closest to the refractive index of water, so it becomes virtually invisible under water but is visible above the surface
• Durability
  • The sun's ultraviolet rays don't affect the line so it last longer
• Strength
  • Fluorocarbon line doesn't absorb water so it keeps its strength. Some manufacturers say monofilament lines lose between 10-20 percent of their strength because of water absorption.
• Stiffness
  • This line also has low stretch to help with sensitivity in hooking fish
  • Its stiffness also means the line doesn't float, so it allows lures to go down deeper and jigs to fall faster

[Steve_Ooi]

Braid fishing line is made from Polyethylene.
Polyethylene is a plastic , and probably the most used plastic world wide today, from the gladwrap you wrap your food in, to the plastic bottle that contain your milk , or the plastic cutting board you chop your food on, to racing yachts ropes, tethering space crafts, and bullet proof vests, it’s pretty versatile stuff.
So how is this plastic that keeps you connect to that mangrove jack of a life time made?
Well to explain it in the simple basic way, polyethylene is made from crude petroleum they wack some petroleum into a oven heat it up to about the 800 degrees mark, (this is what they call cracking) and by heating it up you get ethylene as well as some other by products.
Ethylene (C2H4)
The ethylene is then chained together to form polyethylene , the basis for all these wonderful plastic products.
To make fishing line out of it they dissolved the polyethylene into a gel and force it through a nozzle full of tiny holes (this is what is referred to as gelspun) , it comes out in fine strands and is cleaned ,dried , and then bunched together to be braided , end product fishing line.
Sounds easy enough, well it a little more complicated than that but that’s the basic drift of the whole procedure.
Now not all polyethylene’s are the same, now who would want to hook a big barra on line that has the strength or stretch of glad wrap, not me, but as you know that gelspun fishing line is a lot stronger than the gladwrap you wrap your lunch in.
So what make the gelspun polyethylene fishing lines so strong compared to glad wrap if it’s the same stuff.
Remember how I said they link ethylene together to make polyethylene, well it all depends on how they link it, determines it use, whether gladwrap or fishing line.
By linking lots of ethylene together and densely they end up with a very strong chain, and this is the type of polyethylene used for fishing lines, bullet proof vest and high performance products where strength counts. This type of polyethylene is commonly known as UHMWPE ( Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene)
While other polyethylene chains may have a low density of ethylene and are used for things like gladwrap, drink bottles, and chopping boards.
It how the bricks are laid that determines the strength of a brick wall and it much the same with polyethylene, now enough with that let get back to how this effect fishing.

Polyethylene is very slippery, how slippery your asking ? well they use it to make fake ice skating rinks and skate on the stuff.
About the only material slicker than polyethylene is teflon. The molecular structure of teflon is very similar to polyethylene. While the carbon backbone of the molecular structure is surrounded by fluorine atoms in teflon, it is surrounded by hydrogen atoms in Polyethylene.
Being slippery knots don’t tend to hold as well as other lines and because the knot slips the loops in knot slip tighter together and the fibers fracture as polyethylene has a high modulus.
The limited stretch factor also inhibits knot holding strength , tie a knot in a rubber band and then try to undo the knot and you’ll see why , the stretch in the rubber band is a form of energy, and that energy helps hold the knot in place. Same principles apply in monofilament such as nylon , but to a lesser extent in polyethylene braid because of limited stretch.

Hope this helps with your science project.

Steve Ooi

[Big_Kev]

Wow, Interesting stuff Steve.

[Robbo_Townsville]

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[in_my_blood]

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[Scorpion]

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scorpion

[Lucky_Phill]

Execellent reply Bungie and Steve. I'm sure the 124 plus ' views ' so far are now more the wiser for your input.

Cheers Phill

[matty_e]

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good stuff fellas