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if cotton burns on your skin it will hurt and you will not be able to become a model plus wearing that same piece of material

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This is because cotton has a lot of holes inside. That means that when it catches fire, the fire also goes into the air holes and can expand faster.

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Silk (natural) is of proteins origin (fibroin); cotton is cellulose.

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They are both made of cellulose fibres.

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