Filament diameter Tensile Modulus (a)

Material Density (g/cm)

µm µin Gpa

Kevlar 29 (high toughness) 1.44 12 470 83

Kevlar 49 (high modulus) 1.44 12 470 131

Kevlar 149 (ultrahigh modulus) 1.47 12 470 179
Tensile Modulus (a) Tensile strenght (a) Tensile elongation %

106 psi Gpa 106 psi

3.6 0.525 4.0
12
2.8 (b) 0.400 (b)
19 3.6 - 4.1 0.525 - 0.600 2.8
26 3.4 0.500 2.0
Available yarn count, No.filaments

134 - 10,000

25 - 5,000
1,000