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Is silk a natural or a syntgetic material?
Silk is a natural material, made when silk worms cocoon themselves in... you guessed it! Silk! They are put in boiling water to loosen the strands and then the strands must be pulled off the worm. They are then put into clothes and such.
Is silk a fabric?
Silk is the fine thread that comes off the cocoon of a silk-worm. Several strands of silk has to be combined, before the silk is strong enough to be woven into a fabric.
What do you call unit of silk?
A unit of silk per se is a strand. Strands' length or ply, however, may earn it/them different names.
How is silk taken from the silk worm?
a person takes the the cocoon then unwounds it then steams it into a hot pot so it could kill the pupas then wounds it in a strange strands the it it loosen then unwound it and it is silk
Where does silk really come from?
silk comes from a silk worm, which is harvested and spun to create silk.
Where the silk comes from in the spiders body?
Silk in spiders is produced in special glands located in their abdomen. The silk glands contain liquid protein which solidifies as it is extruded through spinnerets located at the rear of the spider's abdomen, forming strands of silk.
Why is a cocoon that produce a live silkmoth useless for making silk cloth?
If the moth hatches, it chews its way out of the cocoon, cutting all the silk fibers. for silk production, the caterpillar is killed before it hatches, so the silk strands can be unwound and remain whole.
Why is a cocoon that produces a live silk moth useless to a silk farmer?
If the moth hatches, it chews its way out of the cocoon, cutting all the silk fibers. for silk production, the caterpillar is killed before it hatches, so the silk strands can be unwound and remain whole.
Does broken cocoon give good quality of silk?
Well, yes.Not only are there a variety ofsilk products to choose from, ...Because the silk strands will bebroken anyways, it is unnecessary to kill the animal. The highest quality silk comes from reeled cocoons
Where in the world does silk come from?
it comes from a silk worm that are in china. So, silk comes from china :)
Where does the material silk fabric come from?
Silk fabric is woven from stands of silk secreted by the silkworm.
The only natural fiber that's a filament is?
Silk is the only natural fiber classified as a filament fiber. It is produced by silkworms and consists of long, continuous strands that can be woven into luxurious fabric.
