TY  - JOUR
TI  - Thermal comfort properties of cool-touch nylon and common nylon knitted fabrics with different fibre fineness and cross-section
AU  - YANG, YANG
AU  - XIN, YU
AU  - XUNGAI, WANG
AU  - XIN, LIU
AU  - PEIHUA, ZHANG
T2  - Industria Textila
AB  - Cool-touch nylon multi-filament yarns with good heat transfer performance are widely used in the development of knittedfabrics   for   summer   and   sports   clothing.   However,   the   physical   properties   of   cool-touch   nylon   fibres,   and   the   effect   offineness and cross-section on comfort-related properties of their knitted fabrics are still not well understood. In this study,the physical properties of cool-touch nylon fibres and common nylon fibres, and comfort properties of knitted fabrics fromboth   fibre   types   were   measured   and   compared.   It   was   found   that   cool-touch   nylon   fibres   have   better   moistureabsorption, but slightly lower crystallinity than common nylon fibres. Regarding the fibre fineness and cross-section ofcool-touch   nylon   and   common   nylon,   knitted   fabrics   showed   a   similar   dependence   on   thermal   comfort   properties.Cool-touch   nylon   fabrics   had   increased   wicking   capacity,   thermal   transfer,   and   cooling   properties,   but   poorer   dryingperformance   and   moisture   permeability   compared   to   common   nylon   fabrics.   It   was   concluded   that   using   nylonmulti-filament   yarns   made   up   of   finer   filaments   and   cool   touch   filaments   is   an   effective   way   to   develop   thermal-wetcomfort knitted fabrics for summer and sports clothing applications.
DO  - 10.35530/IT.072.02.20209
VL  - 72
IS  - 2
SP  - 217
EP  - 224
LA  - English
SN  - 1222-5347
UR  - http://www.revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2021/2/14%20YANG%20YANG%20Industria%20Textila%202_2021.pdf
ER  -