Effect of Anti-Felting Treatment on Thermal Comfort Properties of Selected Wool Fabrics in Wet State
Year: 2013
Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics, Vol. 6 (2013), Iss. 3 : pp. 293–300
Abstract
Wool fabrics both in dry and wet state exhibit high thermal insulation and dry touch, but their main disadvantage - felting, caused by exposition of the fabrics to mechanical action under hot-wet state, might limit their generally excellent properties. Therefore, antifelting treatment is often used to avoid the fabric felting. However, when the level of antifelting treatement is exaggerated, thermal comfort properties of wet wool fabrics might get reduced. In the paper, the effect level of various antifelting treatments on thermal comfort properties of wet wool fabrics was studied with the objective, to determine the levels of treatment, allowing the reduction of the felting behaviour and simultaneously maintain the excellent thermal insulation and thermal contact properties of wool fabrics.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi09201307
Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics, Vol. 6 (2013), Iss. 3 : pp. 293–300
Published online: 2013-01
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Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 8
Keywords: Wool Fabrics