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A study of the thermal properties of bamboo knitted fabrics

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In this research, the thermal properties of bamboo single jersey knitted fabrics have been studied in relation to stitch length and yarn linear density in tex. The objective was to determine the influence of fabric factors like stitch length and the constituent yarn linear density on fabric properties, such as air permeability, thermal conductivity, thermal resistance and relative water vapour permeability. Yarns with linear densities of 19.6, 23.6, 29.5 tex and with the same twist level were used to construct the fabrics of single jersey structure with stitch lengths of 0.27, 0.29 and 0.31 cm. The anticipated increase in air permeability and relative water vapour permeability with decrease in yarn linear density and increase in stitch length was observed. The thermal conductivity and thermal resistance tended in general to increase with constituent yarn linear density but decreased with increase in stitch length.

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  1. Department of Fashion Technology, Sona College of Technology, Salem, 636005, India

    Chidambaram Prakash & Chandramouli Venkataraman Koushik

  2. TIFAC-CORE, Department of Fashion Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, India

    Govindan Ramakrishnan

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Prakash, C., Ramakrishnan, G. & Koushik, C.V. A study of the thermal properties of bamboo knitted fabrics. J Therm Anal Calorim 111, 101–105 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-011-2166-5

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