They are now producing fabric from soy protein, I believe. Monica
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] silk/'natural protein' In a message dated 2/22/2006 1:47:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Way cool. The protein version of rayon! People have tried to make regenerated protein fibers for years--from milk protein and corn protein, that I remember. None of them were commercially successful. I've been out of the current textiles loop for awhile, so I didn't know that there is a new one. And, an off-topic aside--the scientist who developed a forerunner of rayon was trying to re-create silk. He reasoned that, if silkworms ate cellulose and extruded silk, he could do something similar. Of course, re-generated cellulose (rayon) is still cellulose, not protein! You may see rayon referred to as "artificial silk" in early 20th century books. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
