Silk

:For other uses of the word, see Silk (disambiguation).

Other uses

In addition to clothing manufacture and other handicrafts, silk is also used for items like parachutes, bicycle tires, comforter filling and artillery gunpowder bags. Early bulletproof vests were also made from silk in the era of blackpowder weapons until roughly World War I. Silk undergoes a special manufacturing process to make it adequate for its use in surgery as non-absorbable sutures. Chinese doctors have also used it to make prosthetic arteries. Silk cloth is also used as a material to write on.

Related Topics:
Parachute - Tire - Comforter filling - Artillery - Gunpowder - Bulletproof vests - Blackpowder - World War I - Suture

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~