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Why does leather get hardened after tanning?
(N/A) Animal hides are colloidal in nature. When a hide that has positively charged particles is soaked in tannin,the negatively charged colloidal particles undergo mutual coagulation. This results in the hardening of leather. This process is known as Tanning.
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