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Effect of bamboo/silk blending on moisture management characteristics of fabrics


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1 Department of Textile Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641 049, India
2 Department of Handloom and Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Fulia 741 402, India
3 Department of Textile Technology, University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
4 Department of Fashion and Apparel Design, T John College, Bangalore 560 083, India
5 Department of Design, Sandip University, Nashik 422 213, India
6 Department of Fashion Technology, Sona College of Technology, Salem 636 005, India

This study aims at determining the moisture management behavior of the silk/bamboo blended fabrics. It is observed that the fabric made from the higher bamboo content has lower wetting time and the fabric made from the higher silk content has higher wetting time. Higher bamboo content fabric has a higher absorption rate, accumulative one-way transport index, spreading speed and overall moisture management capacity as compared to higher silk content fabric.

Keywords

Bamboo, Blended fibres, Comfort, Knitted fabrics, Moisture mangement, Silk
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T S Geethanjali
Department of Textile Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641 049, India
C Prakash
Department of Handloom and Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Fulia 741 402, India
V Ramesh Babu
Department of Textile Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 641 049, India
J Hayavadana
Department of Textile Technology, University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
G K Indu
Department of Fashion and Apparel Design, T John College, Bangalore 560 083, India
Vibha Kapoor
Department of Design, Sandip University, Nashik 422 213, India
Vibha Kapoor
Department of Design, Sandip University, Nashik 422 213, India
A Jebastin Rajwin
Department of Fashion Technology, Sona College of Technology, Salem 636 005, India

Abstract


This study aims at determining the moisture management behavior of the silk/bamboo blended fabrics. It is observed that the fabric made from the higher bamboo content has lower wetting time and the fabric made from the higher silk content has higher wetting time. Higher bamboo content fabric has a higher absorption rate, accumulative one-way transport index, spreading speed and overall moisture management capacity as compared to higher silk content fabric.

Keywords


Bamboo, Blended fibres, Comfort, Knitted fabrics, Moisture mangement, Silk