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The impact of dry and wet cleaning on fabric electromagnetic field shield effect

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The aim of this research is to investigate shield effect properties of the fabrics with inox yarns included in the construction, which are used for special professional garments and should protect from electromagnetic microwave irradiation. The investigation was done prior to and after the professional care procedures of dry and wet cleaning in ten cleaning cycles. Shield effect measurements were done on the face and on the back of the fabric, weftwise and warpwise, prior to and after the first, third, fifth, seventh and tenth cycles of dry and wet cleaning, at the frequencies from 0.9 to 2.4 GHz. The results obtained indicated that shield effect of the fabric tested was reduced after professional care procedures, especially so after 5 cycles. The investigations also revealed that shield effect could be considerably enhanced if the inox yarns were incorporated into the fabric in the direction of the warp.

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  1. Department of Clothing Technology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

    Bosiljka Šaravanja & Darko Ujević

  2. Department of Wireless Communications, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

    Krešimir Malarić

  3. Department of Textile Chemistry and Ecology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

    Tanja Pušić

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Šaravanja, B., Malarić, K., Pušić, T. et al. The impact of dry and wet cleaning on fabric electromagnetic field shield effect. Fibers Polym 17, 136–142 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-016-5161-4

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