Liquid Moisture Transport in Cotton Woven Fabrics with Different Weft Yarns

Matusiak, Małgorzata; Kamińska, Dominika

doi:10.3390/ma15186489

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“…The wetting time is the time period in which the top and bottom surfaces of a fabric have started to become wet [ 90 ]. It can help to understand how quickly sweat transferred away from the skin surface.…”

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Quality of Fine Yarns from Modacrylic/Polyacrylate/Lyocell Blends Intended for Affordable Flame-Resistant Underwear

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Flammability testing of undergarments is a topic that is often overlooked and rarely on the list of textiles to be tested for fire safety. However, it is particularly important for professionals exposed to fire risk to investigate the flammability of underwear as its direct contact with the skin can be critical to the extent and degree of skin burns. This research focuses on the suitability of affordable blends of 55 wt.% modacrylic, 15 wt.% polyacrylate, and 30 wt.% lyocell fibres that have the potential to be used for flame-resistant underwear. The influence of modacrylic fibre linear density (standard and microfibres), ring spinning processes (conventional, Sirospun, and compact), and knitted structure (plain, 2:1 rib, 2:1 tuck rib, single pique, and triple tuck) on their properties required for thermal comfort in high-temperature environments was investigated. Scanning electron and optical microscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, mechanical testing, moisture regain, water sorption, wettability, absorption, DSC, TGA, and flammability were tested to assess the desired suitability. The wetting time (5–14.6 s) and water absorption time (4.6–21.4 s) of the knitted fabrics have shown excellent ability to transport and absorb water compared to the knitted fabrics created from a conventional blend of 65% modacrylic and 35% cotton fibres. The afterflame and afterglow times of less than 2 s met the criteria for non-flammability of the knitted fabrics according to the limited flame spread test method. The results show that the investigated blends have the potential to be used for affordable flame-retardant and thermally comfortable knitted fabrics for underwear.

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Quality of Fine Yarns from Modacrylic/Polyacrylate/Lyocell Blends Intended for Affordable Flame-Resistant Underwear

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“…The higher the OMMC value, the better the moisture-wicking ability of the tested material [39]. OMMC = 0.25 BAR + 0.50 R + 0.25 BSS (4)…”

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Structural and Physiological Properties of Footwear Textiles

Kaziur,

Mikołajczyk

2023

Fibres &Amp; Textiles in Eastern Europe

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Textile uppers in the form of fitted knitted fabrics are now gaining in importance in the production of commercial footwear. The subject of this study was twelve different textile uppers and two reference leather materials. Structural properties and parameters of physiological comfort were characterized for selected variants. In order to analyze the thermo-physiological properties of the upper parts of the footwear, air permeability, thermal insulation properties, water vapor permeability and sorption properties were measured. Among the variants of textile uppers analyzed, the most desirable functional properties were shown by knitted fabrics made on cylindrical crochet machines of large diameters. The varnished cowhide leather variant was characterized by the worst hygienic properties.

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“…However, research on single-layer woven fabrics has focused more on the comfort properties of single-component fabrics or blended fabrics that do not exhibit very good moisture transfer in the transversal direction (along the fabric thickness). 24 –30 Commonly, single-sided hydrophilic or hydrophobic finishing is used commercially to improve the one-way water transport ability. 31,32 Due to potential application in designing summer apparel, sportswear, and even defense fabrics with high performance, methods such as coating, 33 electrospraying, 34 nanotechnology, 35 and the sol–gel technique 36 have also been popular research topics in recent years to improve the moisture transfer capacity of fabrics.…”

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Investigation of the moisture transfer ability and thermal comfort properties of single-layer cotton/polyester interwoven fabrics

Ma,

Zhang,

Cheng

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Textile Research Journal

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In this paper, hydrophilic cotton (CO) yarn and hydrophobic cross-section polyester (PET) filaments were used to prepare single-layer interwoven fabrics (CO/PET fabrics) with plain, 3/1 twill, and 8/5 satin to formulate a hydrophobicity–hydrophilicity gradient across the fabric for obtaining a good water transfer ability. The CO fabrics and PET fabrics were prepared for comparison. The contact angle and thermo-physiology properties of the fabrics, including the wicking property, moisture management ability, drying property, air permeability and water vapor permeability, thermal property, and dynamic cooling property, were investigated. The results show that the asymmetric hydrophobicity–hydrophilicity characteristic can be formed across CO/PET fabric with 3/1 twill and 8/5 satin. This can improve the water transfer ability from the inside to the outside of the fabrics, and the longer the floating length of the fabric is, the stronger the water transfer ability is. These two fabrics also exhibit excellent wicking properties, overall moisture management capability, and thermal comfort, and have good permeability, drying properties, and dynamic cooling properties compared to the corresponding fabrics. As a result, these two CO/PET interwoven textiles are more suitable for application as clothes worn in summer. The interweaving technique combining hydrophilic and hydrophobic yarns is an easy and cost-effective method to prepare fabrics that meet summer requirements. This work provides insight into the thermal and moisture comfort property of interwoven fabrics for summer garments.

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Liquid Moisture Transport in Cotton Woven Fabrics with Different Weft Yarns

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

Quality of Fine Yarns from Modacrylic/Polyacrylate/Lyocell Blends Intended for Affordable Flame-Resistant Underwear

Quality of Fine Yarns from Modacrylic/Polyacrylate/Lyocell Blends Intended for Affordable Flame-Resistant Underwear

Structural and Physiological Properties of Footwear Textiles

Investigation of the moisture transfer ability and thermal comfort properties of single-layer cotton/polyester interwoven fabrics

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