It can produce hydrogen cyanide. A few parts per million and your dead!
A pure silk can burn at about 148 degrees. However, the silk present in fabric has a lot of chemicals added to it and is prone to burn at a far lower temperature.
Silk is natural. It is produced by silkworms.
Natural silk comes from silk worms while artificial silk is made of cotton. Natural silk has a beautiful sheen to it. Go to the links and see this beautiful silk fabric.
Natural silk is made from the cocoons of silkworms; artificial silk is basically plastic.
No, silk is a natural fibre.
a natural fiber
made by silk worms
Silk comes from silkworms -- its only source for natural silk.
Silk is not a compound; silk is a mixture of natural proteins.
After natural burning of natural silk an ash remain and the smell is strong; the burning of artificial silk can be total.
Japan has developed technology for producing a synthetic spider silk with the same qualities as natural spider silk. Not all synthetic silk has the same qualities as the natural silk though.
the material silk, is a natural material which comes from the silk plant.