Moisture Absorption and Release of Profiled Polyester and Cotton Composite Knitted Fabrics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 764-769

  su, Ching Iuan ^a   Fang, Jun Xian ^a   Chen, Xin Hong ^a   wu, Wen Yean ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Shih Chien University   (China)

Author keywords

composite yarn; core yarn; cover yarn; moisture absorption and release; profiled polyester fiber

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; DRYING; POLYESTERS; WATER ABSORPTION;

COMPOSITE YARN; CORE YARN; COVER YARN;

COTTON YARN;

COMPOSITES; DIFFUSION; DRYING; POLYESTERS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WATER ABSORPTION; YARN;

ABSORPTION; BLEND RATIO; COTTON FIBER; DRYING; FABRIC PROPERTY; KNITTED FABRIC; MOISTURE; MOISTURE RELEASE; POLYESTER FIBER;

EID: 36549011776     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517507080696     Document Type: Article

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