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Burning cotton will smell like burning paper because both cotton and paper come from plants and burning wool smells like burning hair because both wool and hair comes from animals.

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Why does a stand of wool burns with the odor of burning hair while that of cotton burns with the odor of burning paper?

Wool is basically the "hair" from a sheep. So burning the sheep's hair, would produce a similar smell to burning human hair Cotton is a plant, as are the trees that make paper. Burning cotton and paper should produce similar smells. This is a basic answer that I came up with. I have no experience in burning these materials. **


Burning cotton smells like buning paper where as burning wool smeels like burning hairWhy?

Burning cotton smells like burning paper because it is extracted from plant same as the paper.Burning wool smells like burning hair because it is extracted from animals like sheep etc. and is actually the hair of the animal.


When rayon burn smells like?

rayon is a synthetic fibre but smells like burning paper


How can you determine if a yarn is made of cotton?

To determine if a yarn is made of cotton, you can perform a burn test. Simply take a small piece of the yarn and burn it. If it burns quickly and smells like burning paper, it is likely made of cotton. Cotton burns easily and has a distinctive smell when burned.


Why burning of cotton smells like paper while nylon as plastic?

well,cotton is a natural fibre ,and natural fibres contain protein.Paper also contains protein so they smell alike.While ,nylon is a synthetic fibre ,plastic is too,so they smell alike while burning.


How does fire smell like?

It depends on what is on fire. If I were to be lighting a candle, I would smell burning wax. If paper were on fire, I'd smell burning paper. The scent of fire is really hard to explain. Maybe it smells like charcoal.


How do you do a science fair experiment on the question of which material conserves heat best paper cotton or aluminum foil?

By burning.


Why does rayon smells like a burning paper although it is a synthetic fibre?

because xyz is a nylon and polyester is a cotton and cotton is thermosetting so the ignition temperature is so less which birth the microorganisms and we plough it ................


Why does a burning paper stopp burning?

the paper will end up running out


Money isn't made out of paper it's made out of cotton?

it is made out of cotton and paper.


Is newspaper cotton?

Newspaper is made of paper. Only fine paper has cotton fibers.


How burning of paper is different from tearing of paper?

because burning of paper is a chemical change while tearing of paper is a physical change