Table 2.

Materials used for marana of Swarna Makshika pellets in Varaha Puta and in muffle furnace.

	Puta 1/Cycle 1	Puta 2/Cycle 2	Puta 3/Cycle 3	Puta 4/Cycle 4	Puta 5/Cycle 5
Wt of cow dung cakes used for (kg) Varaha Puta	12.5	12.9	12.4	12.6	12.4
No. of pellets used for marana in Varaha Puta	38	15	10	8	7
No. of pellets used for marana in muffle furnace	37	15	11	8	6
Wt of pellets before marana (g) in Varaha Puta	149.642	55.403	35.980	29.245	24.234
Wt of pellets before marana (g) in muffl furnace	148.214	54.45	35.065	28.825	23.578
wt loss (%) in traditional Varaha Puta	59.38	25.02	13.74	9.84	8.72
wt loss (%) in muffle furnace	60.44	26.20	13.20	9.52	8.34