Study of the Influence of Fiber Diameter and Fiber Blending on Liquid Absorption Inside Nonwoven Structures

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1364-1370

  Chen, Xiao ^a   Vroman, Philippe ^a   Lewandowski, Maryline ^a   Perwuelz, Anne ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b  

^a GEMTEX   (France)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

capillary flow; liquid diffusion; nonwovens; property structure relation; wicking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996262854     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517508099386     Document Type: Article

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