Physical and Mechanical Properties of Sheepskin Pickled by Recycled Curing Salt

Table 1

The amount of salt recovered and purified from ten cured sheepskins, in case of Bahir Dar Tannery, Ethiopia.

Sample	Weight of skin before desalting in kg	Weight of skin after desalting in kg	Weight of dedusted salt in kg
1	1.1	1.023	0.077
2	0.98	0.911	0.0686
3	1	0.923	0.07
4	0.89	0.828	0.0623
5	1.2	1.122	0.078
6	1.09	1.014	0.0763
7	1.12	1.055	0.0784
8	1	0.935	0.065
9	0.93	0.855	0.75
10	1.2	1.116	0.084
Total	10.51	9.782	0.7346