About Lesson
The main properties of silk
1. It is lustrous, soft and strong.
2. It is made of two proteins: the inner core is fibroin and the outer cover is sericin
3. It is hard wearing.
4. It can be dyed into several colors
Silk moth Bombyx mori is at present fully domesticated. It no longer exists in a wild state and it cannot
survive without the human care.
