Silk is an insulator, not a conductor. An insulator is something that does not allow electrical current to flow freely.
Satin itself is not a conductor of electricity. However, if satin comes into contact with a conductive material or if it is used in an environment with static electricity, it may carry an electric charge.
Silk is produced by silkworms, which are the larvae of silk moths. The silkworms create silk fibers by secreting a protein called fibroin through their salivary glands, which solidifies when it comes into contact with air. The fibers are then collected and spun into silk threads.
Rainfall can make it easier to see spider webs, as the raindrops collect on the silk threads, making them more visible.
Silkmoth pupae are typically killed by boiling cocoons to prevent them from emerging as moths and breaking the silk fibers. This process helps to maintain the quality, length, and strength of the silk threads for textile production. Additionally, it simplifies the extraction of silk fibers from the cocoon.
Well it's a protein therefore there are 5 chemical elements within silk.These elements being:CarbonNitrogenOxygenHydrogenSulfur
No, (wikipedia)and Benjamin Franklin actually hold a piece of silk in hand in the famous experiment of lightning
well when you talk about silk then it cannot conduct electricity yes when you rub it you can see a little light but that does not mean that it can conduct electricity.
they produce silk threads (what is the question?)
The process of taking out threads from the cocoon for use as silk is called reeling the silk.
Insulators can easily have static electricity. In case of conductors we have to follow some delicate procedure to store charges on it. Usually that is known to be electrostatic induction. But in case of insulators just rubbing would do to produce static electricity. Example: when a glass rod is rubbed against a silk cloth, then glass lose electrons to the silk and so glass becomes positively charged and silk negatively charged. So balloons being a bad conductor is good example to have static electricity. If it is good conductor then charges would flow through them easily and so not possible to produce static electricity just by rubbing.
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Satin itself is not a conductor of electricity. However, if satin comes into contact with a conductive material or if it is used in an environment with static electricity, it may carry an electric charge.
No silk cannot conduct electricity and Benjamin franklin figured that out.
Linen fibers are quite good conductors of heat, but when they are spun into threads and woven into fabric, they effective thermal conductivity is considerably decreased due to the added air space between the threads. Even under these conditions it has better thermal conductivity than some other clothing materials such as wool and silk. The tightness of the weave is a big factor in how well it conducts heat - the tighter the weave, the better the conductivity. Perhaps this is one of the reasons that linen is popular for clothing in very hot environments.
No, silk production involves carefully unraveling the silk threads from the cocoons of silkworms without harming the worms.
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Silkworms, a type of caterpillar, are the source of silk threads. Silkworms make a cocoon about an inch long in an oval shape. Silkworms only eat the leaves of white mulberry trees.