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5. Which part of the silk is removed by placing cocoons in hot water! |
Answer» <p>The sericin isremoved by placingthe cocoons in hot water, which frees the silkfilaments and readies them for reeling. This is known as the degumming process. The immersion inhot wateralso kills the silkworm pupa.</p> <p>Now the Cocoon is ready to manufacture Raw Silk. The glue holding the silk thread in the shape of a cocoon is dissolved in hot water (this procedure is to remove top waste layer) & to get single continuous thread from cocoon</p> | |