Effects of Laundering on the Surface Properties and Dimensional Stability of Plain Knitted Fabrics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-35

  Quaynor, Leticia ^a   Takahashi, Masaoki ^a   Nakajima, Masaru ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; KNITTED FABRIC; LAUNDERING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0034038885     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750007000105     Document Type: Article

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