The Effects of Super Absorbent Fibers on the Washing, Dry Cleaning and Drying Behavior of Knitted Fabrics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1459-1466

  Beskisiz, Emre ^a   Ucar, Nuray ^a   Demir, Ali ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

covered yarn; drying; repeated dry cleaning treatment; repeated washing and drying treatment; repeated water absorption; super absorbent fiber

Indexed keywords

DRY CLEANING; DRYING; FIBERS; KNIT FABRICS; POLYESTERS; TEXTILE BLENDS; WASHING; WATER TREATMENT; WOOL; YARN;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; ABSORPTION VALUES; CLEANING TREATMENT; COVERED YARNS; DRYING BEHAVIOR; DRYING TREATMENT; KNITTED FABRIC; SUPER ABSORBENT;

WATER ABSORPTION;

CLEANING; CURING; DRAINAGE; DRYING; KNIT FABRIC; RECYCLING; TEXTILES; WASHING; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TREATMENT; WOOL; YARN;

ABSORBENCY; ABSORPTION; DRYCLEANING; DRYING; KNITTED FABRIC; MONOFILAMENT; POLYESTER FIBER; STAPLE FIBER; WASHING;

EID: 70350437408     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517508095606     Document Type: Article

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