Influence of Blend Ratio on Thermal Properties of Bamboo/ Cotton Blended Woven Fabrics

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14456/sustj.2012.9
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thermal properties air-permeability water-vapour permeability thermal resistance wickability

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Prakash Chidambaram
Department of Fashion Technology, Sona College of Technology, India. Corresponding author's e-mail: dearcprakash@rediffmail.com
Ramakrishnan Govindan
Department of Fashion Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, India

Abstract

Thermal comfort characteristics of plain woven fabrics made out of 30s Nec cotton in warp and 30s Nec 100% bamboo, bamboo/cotton blended yarns in weft have been studied. The fabric characteristics such asair permeability, wicking, thermal resistance, relative water permeability related to comfort characteristicsare discussed. The experimental results show that 30s Nec cotton in warp and 30s Nec bamboo in weft plainwoven fabric exhibits higher air permeability when compared to other samples, 30s Nec cotton in warp and 30s Nec bamboo in weft plain woven fabric shows very low thermal resistance and higher wicking rate thanother samples. Relative water permeability value of 30s Nec cotton in warp and 30s Nec bamboo in weftfabric is higher and that of 30s Nec cotton both in warp and weft fabrics are lower when compared to othersamples.

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Chidambaram, P., & Govindan, R. (2013). Influence of Blend Ratio on Thermal Properties of Bamboo/ Cotton Blended Woven Fabrics. Science, Engineering and Health Studies, 6(2), 49–55. https://doi.org/10.14456/sustj.2012.9
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Volume 6, Number 2 (July - December), 2012
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Research Articles

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