Question

if we burn Silk fibre it gives a smell of burning hair why

Answer 1

On burning hair, we get the smell of burning protein. Similarly when we burn silk we get the smell of burning protein, which we know as the smell of burning hair. Silk Fibre are derived from silk worm and therefore called as animal Fibre. ... Hence when it is burnt it smells like human hair which also contains

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Answer 2

because it contains a mineral which is present in our hair also and this is why we get a smell of burning hair if we burn silk fibre and the smell of silk fibre when we burn our hair.