Tactile hand and wear comfort of flame-retardant rayon/anti-static polyethylene terephthalate imbedded woven fabrics

Abstract

This study examined the thermal wear comfort of clothing made from flame-retardant (FR) rayon- and cotton-blended fabric using a thermal manikin and wearer trials. In addition, the tactile hand property of the FR rayon-blended fabric was predicted and compared with that of the cotton-blended one using the Fabric Assurance Simple Testing system. The FR rayon-blended fabric exhibited a lower heat insulation rate than that of the cotton-blended one in the thermal manikin experiment and lower microclimate humidity during 40 min walking in the human subject experiment. The FR rayon-blended fabric was more extensible than the cotton-blended one, with a lower bending rigidity and shear modulus. This study showed that FR rayon-blended fabric has better thermal wear comfort and a superior tactile hand feel compared with the cotton-blended one, without any significant difference of pilling compared to the cotton-blended modacrylic one.

Warm/Cool Feeling Characteristics of Ceramic-Incorporated Fabrics: Process, Characterization, and Thermal Properties

“…Nano-ZnO provides effective photocatalytic properties like TiO 2 , once it is illuminated by light, imparting anti-bacterial properties to textiles [75][76][77]. Flame-retardant (FR) properties of textiles have been explored using special flame-retardant fibers such as modacrylic (Kanekalon, SNIA), fire-retardant viscose rayon (FR-rayon), and anti-static PET fiber, Beltron, has been used in protective clothing for FR and antistatic textile materials [78][79][80]. On the other hand, many attempts to obtain flame retardant activity by the formation of a layer of ceramics (glass, SiO 2 ,Al 2 O 3 ) have been explored [81][82][83][84].…”

Evaluation of the performance properties of modacrylic-cotton blended underwear fabrics manufactured for firefighters

“…When we look at the literature, it can be seen that in previous studies about knitted fabrics with modacrylic blends, the mixing ratio of modacrylic or the mixture of modacrylic fibers with other flameretardant fibers has been examined. 5,10,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] In line with the above-mentioned information in this study, use of the same or similar modacrylic content ratios with different knitting structures was studied as undergarments for firefighters. For this purpose, mechanical strength, thermal comfort properties and flame resistance of the modacrylic and cotton blended fabrics with different structures were investigated.…”

“…When we look at the literature, it can be seen that in previous studies about knitted fabrics with modacrylic blends, the mixing ratio of modacrylic or the mixture of modacrylic fibers with other flame-retardant fibers has been examined. 5,10,14–28…”