Hassan, Mohammad Mahbubul and Leighs, Samuel James (2017) Quick dry ability of various quick drying polyester and wool fabrics assessed by a novel method. Drying Technology, 35. pp. 585-592. ISSN 1532-2300
Quick dry ability of various quick drying polyester and wool fabrics assessed by a novel method (184kB) |
Type of Research: | Article |
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Creators: | Hassan, Mohammad Mahbubul and Leighs, Samuel James |
Description: | Modern consumers of textiles are conscious about sustainability of the garments they are wearing. Drying process is an energy-intensive process that has an impact on sustainability. There is no specific standard test method available to measure the dry ability of a fabric. Some of the test methods cited in the literature to measure the quick dry ability use a technique where a small quantity of water is placed on a dry fabric sample and the time taken for the water to evaporate is measured. These methods are not suitable for measuring the dry ability of a washed fabric as in these test methods the dry ability depends solely on the wicking property of that fabric. In the work presented here, we are proposing a new test method to measure the real dry ability of textile fabrics. When examined by this proposed method, it was found that some of the commercially available so-called quick-drying polyester fabrics showed poor dry ability. The surface of the examined fabrics was characterized by measuring contact angle and also by attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), which reveals the reasons behind their poor dry ability. This proposed method could be used in industry to measure the quick dry ability of various fabrics. |
Official Website: | https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ldrt20 |
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: | Taylor and Francis |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Fashion |
Date: | 23 February 2017 |
Digital Object Identifier: | 10.1080/07373937.2016.1195405 |
Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2022 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2022 14:47 |
Item ID: | 18846 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/18846 |
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