Comparative analysis of in vitro ultraviolet radiation protection of fabrics woven from cotton and bamboo viscose yarns

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 708-714

  Hatua, Piyali ^a   Majumdar, Abhijit ^a   Das, Apurba ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

areal density; bamboo viscose fibre; cover; curve fitting; shrinkage; ultraviolet protection factor (UPF)

Indexed keywords

AREAL DENSITIES; BAMBOO VISCOSE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COVER; CURVE FITTING TECHNIQUE; PREDICTIVE MODELS; ULTRAVIOLET PROTECTION FACTORS; UV-PROTECTIVE;

COTTON; CURVE FITTING; SHRINKAGE; TEXTILES; WEAVING; YARN;

BAMBOO;

EID: 84879984940     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2012.753178     Document Type: Article

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