Is it true that cotton fibre burns readily with the smell of burning paper?

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The above statement is true.
Cotton fibre burns readily with the smell of burning paper. Both paper and cotton are formed of cellulose. Cotton cloth does not shrink or melt when burned, but they emit the same odour when burned. Cellulose is a homopolymer of glucose containing the elements carbon (

C

), hydrogen (

H

) and oxygen (

O

). It is an abundant bio-material obtained from plants. Since cellulose is a common factor in both paper and cotton fibre, they burn with the same odour.

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