Artificial silk used for making art silk sarees
Artificial silk is everything billed as silk that doesn't come from the silkworm cocoonMost often this means mercerized cotton; sometimes it means a manufactured fiber like rayon or a blend of chemically altered and/or manufactured fibersMercerized cotton: cotton fiber that is stretched while being treated with caustic soda (NaOH, also known as sodium hydroxide)this swells the cotton and increases its lusterthe cotton is then singed to remove the fuzz and then calendered by being passed through heated rollersCotton is cellulose (C6H10O5)Rayon: rayon is produced by first dissolving cellulose (obtained from cotton or woodpulp) to produce a thick yellow liquid called viscoseThe viscose is extruded through tiny holes into a chemical bath that produces long filaments which can be spun into thread and yarnVery informative website below with photos and tons of information on how to tell if your rug is really silk (or is it fake?)For example you can take a piece of it and burn it and see what happens (but try not to burn your house - or the store - down!)
not surebut you could toast the bread :) i think my mom used to put the hotdog in boiling water on a potand that is how she would heat them up.
