What does breaking strain, breaking-load, tensile strength mean?
Many vendors of multifilament lines give unrealistic values. Such as “0.06mm with 10.6 kg breaking strain”, from this we can calculate a tensile strength of 3751 kg/mm2. This value is more than ten times higher than possible. In reality a Dyneema line of 0.06mm diameter has a breaking strain of 0.85 kg. In this case either the angler is being taken for a fool or the people writing the label have no idea what they are talking about. But we don’t have to go into that any further.
