Advent of Greige Cotton Non-Wovens Made using a Hydro-Entanglement Process

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1540-1549

  Sawhney, A P S ^a   Condon, Brian ^a   Reynolds, Michael ^a   Slopek, Ryan ^a   Hui, David ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

fabric absorbency and wick ability; greige cotton nonwovens; hydro entangling process; needle punch; SEM images of hydro entangled cotton fibers

Indexed keywords

COTTON; COTTON FIBERS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROPHILICITY; MACHINERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCOUR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CONVENTIONAL FIBERS; HYDROENTANGLING; NON-WOVENS; PROCESSING CONDITION; PRODUCTION EQUIPMENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SEM IMAGE; STANDARD TEST METHOD;

WEAVING;

EID: 77956555591     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517510363194     Document Type: Article

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