Moisture Management Tester: A Method to Characterize Fabric Liquid Moisture Management Properties

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-62

  hu, Junyan ^a   li, yi ^a   Yeung, Kwok Wing ^a   Wong, Anthony S W ^a   xu, Weilin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; MOISTURE; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

HUMAN PERCEPTIONS; MOISTURE MANAGEMENT TESTER (MMT); MOISTURE SENSATIONS; ONE-WAY-TRANSPORT CAPACITY;

FABRICS;

CONDENSATION; FABRIC; MOISTURE; PERCEPTION;

APPAREL FABRIC; FABRIC PROPERTY; MOISTURE MANAGEMENT; SPORTSWEAR; TESTING INSTRUMENT;

EID: 12344303446     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750507500111     Document Type: Article

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