Investigation of Properties of Silk Fiber Produced in Ethiopia

Table 1

Shell percentage of eri cocoon.

Sample of eri silk	Cocoon weight (gm)	Shell weight (gm)	Shell percentage (%)
Awash Melkassa	200.8	29.5	14.2
Bahir Dar	200.2	26.8	13.4
Awassa	201.0	27.7	13.7