Evaluation of comfort properties of polyester knitted spacer fabrics finished with water repellent and antimicrobial agents |
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| Authors: | R Bagherzadeh M Montazer M Latifi M Sheikhzadeh M Sattari |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Textiles, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Snežniška 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;(2) National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;(3) Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; |
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| Abstract: | In order to impart barrier properties against water and microorganisms on breathable three dimensional spacer fabrics as medical
or technical textiles, fabric samples were treated with two water repellent agents and a quaternary ammonium salt namely cetyltrimethylammonium
bromide (CTAB), using pad-dry-cure method. Two different water repellent agents based on hydrocarbon and acrylic copolymer
were used. The water repellent property of samples was tested by Bundesmann and contact angle tests. Antimicrobial activity
of samples was analyzed quantitatively according to AATCC 100. Simultaneous finishing of samples was done with 3 % CTAB and
4 % fluoroalkyl acrylic copolymer. To study the effect of various treatments on comfort related properties, air and water
vapor permeability, water repellency and compression were measured. The results showed that the antimicrobial and water repellent
spacer fabrics can be achieved applying selected material without significant changes on their comfort properties. Also a
regression model was presented to predict the water vapour permeability of knitted spacer fabrics based on course density
(CPC) changing. |
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