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  • 08-06-2019
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burning wool smells like burning hair while burning cotton smells like burning paper. why?

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  • 08-06-2019
Cotton is a plant product and paper is also made from plants. So when cotton is burnt, it smells like burning paper. While wool and hair both are from animals, hence on burning they smell similar.
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