Wicking Behavior and Drying Capability of Functional Knitted Fabrics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1522-1530

  Fangueiro, R ^a   Filgueiras, A ^a   Soutinho, F ^a   Meidi, Xie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Department of Knitting and Garment   (China)

Author keywords

chemistry; materials; materials performance; materials wicking

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; KNIT FABRICS; MATERIALS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES;

DRYING RATES; FUNCTIONAL FIBERS; HUMAN BODY TEMPERATURE; KNITTED FABRIC; MATERIALS PERFORMANCE; OUTER SURFACE; WICKING; WICKING BEHAVIORS;

DRYING;

EID: 77956511556     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517510361796     Document Type: Article

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