Is silk a compound or element?

Answer 1

its a mixture as we can separate it by chromatography

Answer 2

Silk is the mixture of tiny rocks,soil, and mud. and if yhu want proff i got this frm mi textbook.

Answer 3

Cotton is a natural cellulose fiber. Cellulose can be considered to be a compound sinces it is a polysaccharide of glucose sugars. All natural, untreated cotton fibers would have to be considered to be a mixture since it would undoubtedly contain impurities from either the soil pieces of the cotton plant itself.

Answer 4

Chemists usually regard elements, compounds, and mixtures as mutually exclusive categories of matter. However, a compound could be considered a mixture by someone who uses a less restrictive definition for "mixture", because a compound contains more than one kind of atoms. In that instance, compounds would be considered a subset of the set "mixtures", so that a compound could be a mixture.

Answer 5

Silk is a material produced by animals, generally silkworms. It is not a compound or element, but a natural protein fiber.

Answer 6

It is a natural protein and so is a compound, not a mixture.

Answer 7

cotton is a elementi think

Answer 8

It's a mixture.

Answer 9

i think its a compound but im not sure

Answer 10

Silk is a compound.