No, no, no. This is complete and utter nonsense without any
factual basis.
I am sorry to be so blunt, but I will not accomodate this kind
of fantasy
science.
DD
What seems to me more feasible, as regards to the increase
of the density of the gut string, is that some substances
that were traditionally used in dyeing of organic materials,
such as iron and copper sulphates for instance, may well
have initiated the idea of "loading" gut with an extra mass.
These salts, or indeed even more heavier ones, may well
remain as purely "mechanical" residues in-between the long
chains of molecules that constitute the fibrous part of the
gut ( the main part of it which, in a way, is responsible
for strength factor of the gut string). As a matter of fact
the specific weight of iron and copper sulfates is about
1.8 - 1.9 and 2.2 - 2.3 accordingly, certainly more than the
gut itself.
Alexander
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