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Moisture management properties and drying behaviour of knitted fabrics for inner layer applications

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Title Moisture management properties and drying behaviour of knitted fabrics for inner layer applications
 
Creator Kumar, Kamal
Das, Apurba
Vishnoi, Prashant
Singh, Jitendra Pratap
 
Subject Drying rate
Knitted structure
Moisture management property
Polypropylene filament
Sweat
 
Description 91-98
The present research work is focused on moisture management properties and drying behaviour of various knitted fabrics for
inner layer application. Nineteen knitted samples have been prepared by changing the blend percentage of wool/acrylic, number
of filaments in polypropylene yarn and structure of knitted fabric. Yarns of different blend ratio of wool/acrylic fibre are used to
knit fabrics of different structure. Polypropylene yarns having different number of filaments are also used to knit samples of
different structure. These fabrics are tested for moisture management properties and drying behaviour. Wetting time, absorption
rate, spreading speed, wetting radius, accumulative one-way transport index (AOWTI), overall moisture management capacity
(OMMC), drying time and drying rate of the fabrics have been studied. It is observed that the overall performance of
polypropylene knitted fabric and cotton knitted fabric are better as compared to the wool/acrylic having same structural
parameters. The OMMC index of polypropylene plain knit, pile knit and cotton knit fabric is found as 0.70, 0.60 and
0.75 respectively. The polypropylene and cotton knitted fabrics shows better results than others in terms of the parameters, like
maximum wetting radius, AOWTI, etc. Polypropylene knitted pile structure fabric shows minimum drying time (0.228 h) and
zero residual moisture after wash at 90 min under standard conditions. So, it is found that the higher wool content in fabrics
gives better moisture management and drying behaviour. Polypropylene fabrics having high number of filaments in the
constituent yarn show better moisture management and drying behaviour than the wool/acrylic fabrics. Moisture management
and drying behaviour of pile fabrics are better than the plain and rib fabrics.
 
Date 2023-03-17T06:55:03Z
2023-03-17T06:55:03Z
2023-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/61526
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijftr.v48i1.59978
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJFTR Vol.48(1) [March 2023]