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प्रश्न
Why does leather get hardened after tanning?
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उत्तर
Animal skin is colloidal, in nature and carries positive charge. Tannin is a negatively charged colloidal solution. When leather is soaked in tannin, mutual coagulation of the two takes place and leather gets hardened.
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| Column I | Column II |
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