Electrical properties of silk

[Persej]

Doesn't work for what?

Producing electricity.

 

[hlat]

Producing electricity.

I thought we were more concerned about silk protecting us from signals and EMFs?

 

[Persej]

I thought we were more concerned about silk protecting us from signals and EMFs?

Yes, but we still don't know how does the silk do that. Or how does the silk enhance the EM effect of the dancers. If it is because the silk can produce electricity when worn on a human body, and these guys say that silk alone cannot do that, then perhaps we need to reconsider what kind of silk can.

 

[monotonic]

What I wrote in another thread is relevant here. There is no reason to think silk would help in any of the conventional ways, that I can find. Although it is more resistant to mites and moisture related issues cotton may have.

Silk is not a faraday cage in any known sense of the term. It does not block your cellphone signal, or typical static or magnetic fields. It has birefringent properties in the infrared IIRC, but no matter how much silk you wrap yourself in you will still be explosed to any nearby wiring. If silk helps with any of these man-made signals, it is not by blocking them directly. It may be good to ask the Cs for clarification on what precisely silk blocks or alters that is beneficial for us, because we don't have good information on this and misconceptions are filling the void.

 

[Persej]

There is no reason to think silk would help in any of the conventional ways, that I can find.

This study says that there is something interesting happening at the temperature of 60C. Perhaps that is a problem. Perhaps silk has to be modified in some way in order for electrical properties to be manifested at human body temperature.

Silk cocoon acts as a thermo-regulatory membrane, which helps in maintaining an ambient temperature inside the cocoon. When the surface of SCM is exposed to varying temperature, in the presence of humidity, we observed a change in current density across membrane (Figure 6). The magnitude of the current increased with temperature. This shows that current across SCM depends on humidity and temperature of the surrounding environment. Whereas the voltage recorded was almost constant in temperature range of 10–40°C and exhibit a sharp rise at temperatures above 40°C. Interestingly both the current and voltage showed a sharp spike around 50°–60°C. This sharp peak is observed for both the cocoon types.

Electricity from the Silk Cocoon Membrane - Scientific Reports

Silk cocoon membrane (SCM) is an insect engineered structure. We studied the electrical properties of mulberry (Bombyx mori) and non-mulberry (Tussar, Antheraeamylitta) SCM. When dry, SCM behaves like an insulator. On absorbing moisture, it generates electrical current, which is modulated by...

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