Contribution of Fabric Characteristics and Laundering to Shrinkage of Weft Knitted Fabrics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-191

  Onal, Levent ^a   Candan, Cevza ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON FABRICS; DRYING; FINISHING; LAUNDERING; POLYESTERS; TEXTILE BLENDS;

BLENDED FABRICS;

KNIT FABRICS;

COTTON; KNIT FABRIC;

COTTON; COTTON-POLYESTER BLEND; DRYING; DYEING; KNITTED FABRIC; LAUNDERING; RELAXING; SHRINKAGE; WEFT KNITTING;

EID: 0037358087     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750307300301     Document Type: Article

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