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Ananya Shree

Class 12th
Chemistry
2 years ago

Why does leather get hardened after tanning?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

When a hide, which has positively charged particles, is soaked in tannin, which contains negatively charged colloidal particles, mutual coagulation takes place. This results in the hardening of leather.

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