<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Effects of cooking duration and Na₂CO₃ conc. in reeling bath on wet reeling of tropical tasar silk</span>

Abstract

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">Tropical tasar silk cocoons of the Daba (<i>Antheraea mylitta </i>D.) variety were cooked in a recipe of 1 % hydrogen peroxide plus 1% Sunlight soap for 3,5 and 10 min at boil and wet reeling of silk was carried out on an improved 5-end charkha from the reeling bath containing sodium carbonate at different concentrations. The production/5 ends/h, silk recovery (%) and reelability (%) were evaluated. It is observed that 10 min cooking combined with wet reeling from 1 g/l sodium carbonate solution at 60°C is effective in achieving better reeling performance.</span>