Which property resulted from Byzantine silk's secret weighting?

💡 Explanation

The weighting process, using metallic salts and other substances increased the apparent value of the silk, masking poor quality leading to fiber damage because the salts embrittled the fabric, subjecting the weaves increased seam slippage creating weak points, therefore seam slippage, rather than uptake dye properties were affected.

• Which feedback consequence occurs when terraces experience severe over-cultivation?
• Which environmental consequence arises when the ziggurat's drainage system fails?
• Which material degradation risk increased when Roman siege engines launched quicklime projectiles against wooden fortifications?
• Which outcome occurred when pre-Columbian terraces at Angkor suffered deforestation?
• Which mechanism precipitated the structural weakening within historically mortared masonry fortifications exposed to prolonged freezing?
• Which construction effect arises upon drying green timbers placed within historically common sailing ship hulls?