Comfort characteristics of fabrics made of compact yarns |
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| Authors: | A Das V K Kothari A Sadachar |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, 110016 New Delhi, India |
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| Abstract: | Comfort is one of the most important aspects of clothing. Thermal comfort is related to fabric’s ability to maintain skin temperature and allow transfer of perspiration produced from the body. Properties like thermal resistance, air permeability, water vapor permeability, and liquid water permeability are suggested as critical for thermal comfort of clothed body. In this study the fabrics developed from the EliTe compact yarns are compared with the fabrics made from normal yarns. The thickness of the fabrics made from EliTe® compact yarns is also slightly less than the fabrics made from normal yarns. Fabrics made from EliTe® compact yarns have shown greater air permeability as compared to the fabrics made from normal yarns. It is observed that, thermal resistivity values of the fabrics developed from EliTe® compact yarns are lower than the fabrics made from normal yarns indicating they are cooler fabrics compared to normal fabrics. Fabrics developed from the EliTe® compact yarns have shown slightly higher values of MVTR (moisture vapor transmission rate) as compared to the fabrics made from the normal yarns. The wicking characteristic of fabrics developed from EliTe® compact yarns was slightly higher than the fabrics developed from normal yarns. |
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| Keywords: | Comfort Thermal resistance EliTe? compact yarns MVTR Wicking |
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