412.00 Closest Packing of Rods

412.01 Just as six balls may be closest packed around a nuclear ball in a plane, six rods or wires may be closest packed around a nuclear rod or wire in a cluster. When the seven wires are thus compacted in a parallel bunch, they may be twisted to form a cable of hexagonal cross section, with the nuclear wire surrounded by the other six. The hexagonal pattern of cross section persists as complete additional layers are symmetrically added to the cluster. These progressive symmetrical surroundments constitute circumferentially finite integrities in universal geometry.

412.02 Surface Tension Capability: We know by conclusive experiments and measuring that the progressive subdivision of a given metal fiber into a plurality of approximately parallel fibers provides tensile behavior capabilities of the smaller fibers at increased magnitudes up to hundreds- and thousands-fold that of the unit solid metal section. This is because of the increased surface-to-mass ratios and because all high tensile capability is provided by the work hardening of the surfaces. This is because the surface atoms are pressed into closer proximity to one another by the drawing tool through which the rod and wire are processed.