The Relationship between Porosity and Air Permeability of Woven Textile Fabrics

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-113

  Epps, Helen H ^a   Leonas, Karen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Fabric structure; Liquid porosimetry; Pore size; Porometer; Porosity; Textile fabrics

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; POROSIMETERS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TEXTILES;

FABRIC STRUCTURE; LIQUID POROSIMETRY; PORE SIZE;

AIR PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0030855593     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte11330j     Document Type: Article

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