Air Permeability and Water Vapor Resistance of Differently Finished Cotton and Cotton/Elastane Single Jersey Knitted Fabrics

Ivanovska, Aleksandra; Reljić, Mirjana; Kostić, Mirjana; Asanovic, Koviljka A.; Mangovska, Biljana

doi:10.1080/15440478.2021.1875383

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“…The presented results followed the data reported by other authors. 14,16,17,21 Contrary to the air permeability, Sample 1 shows the lowest, while Sample 4 shows the highest water retention value, both before and after pilling (Figure 5(b)). Good water retention (49.7%–52.5%) of investigated fabrics is owed to their chemical composition as well as the high amount of amorphous regions and a large number of hydroxyl groups that are responsible for retention of the high amount of water molecules.…”

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“…Air permeability determines the ability of air to flow through a given area of the fabric 14 and is strongly affected by fiber density, yarn type, yarn linear density, knitted fabric structural characteristics (loop length, fabric density, type of structure), porosity, [15][16][17][18][19] as well as additional processes like finishing with different softeners. 20,21 To ensure the durability of the knitted fabrics, they should be constructed in such a way to have satisfied strength properties (bursting strength) that will not significantly deteriorate during their lifetime. From the literature, 15,[22][23][24][25][26] it is evident that this strength property of the knitted fabrics remarkably depends on fiber type and blends, fabric structure, and washing process.…”

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Influence of pilling on the quality of flax single jersey knitted fabrics

Asanovic,

Ivanovska,

Jankoska

et al. 2022

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

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In this work, the quality of four plain single jersey weft-knitted fabrics (produced from the same flax yarn) having different structural characteristics (stitch density, weight, and thickness) before and after pilling, was examined. The quality of knitted fabrics was evaluated in terms of their compression (compressibility, thickness loss, and compressive resilience), comfort (air permeability and water retention), and strength (bursting strength and ball traverse elongation) properties. The obtained results revealed that the fabric with the lowest structural characteristic values has the highest compressibility, thickness loss, and air permeability, while the least compressive resilience, water retention, bursting strength, and ball traverse elongation, both before and after pilling. Pilling causes a decrease of compressibility, thickness loss, air permeability, water retention (for three lightweight fabrics), bursting strength, and ball traverse elongation but an increase in compressive resilience and water retention (for the most compact fabric). All studied knitted fabrics have excellent quality before pilling and excellent to good quality after pilling. A pilling leads to a decrease in the quality of all fabrics, especially of those with the least compact structure. Sample with moderate compactness possesses the best overall quality.

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Influence of pilling on the quality of flax single jersey knitted fabrics

Asanovic,

Ivanovska,

Jankoska

et al. 2022

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

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“…The increased fabrics’ stitch densities during wet processes (including rinsing) are a direct consequence of cotton fibers’ anisotropic swelling; they swell about 40% by volume, while their length increased by up to 2%. Within the cotton spun yarns, the fibers are disposed of in a spiral configuration, therefore, radial fibers’ swelling with no significant increase in their lengths leads to a reduction in spiral length, and hence to yarn shrinkage, 13 that is, increased stitch density. The fabric weight depends on stitch density, and, it is logical that with increasing the stitch density, the fabric weight will increase too.…”

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“…Compared to the bleached, dyed cotton fabrics possessed significantly higher fabric weight. 25 Furthermore, the study carried out by Ivanovska et al 13 pointed out that the weight and thickness of dyed cotton/elastane knitted fabrics are higher than those of the bleached ones.…”

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“…However, before use, all cotton/elastane blends are subjected to numerous wet processes like scouring, bleaching, dyeing, and softening which are responsible for the removal of cotton non-cellulosic components, improving the whiteness, imparting color and soft handle and antistatic properties, respectively. 13 Undoubtedly, hydrogen peroxide is the cheapest and most environmentally safe alternative to chlorine-based bleaching agents. 14 Among many classes of fabric dyes, reactive dyes are characterized by excellent color fastness properties.…”

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Studying the influence of common wet processes on the quality of 1 × 1 rib cotton/elastane knitted fabrics

Ivanovska

Dojčinović

Mangovska

2022

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

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This research studied the influence of common wet processes (i.e. bleaching, dyeing, or softening) on the quality of 1 × 1 rib cotton/elastane knitted fabrics. The changes in their structural (thickness, weight, and stitch density) parameters, mechanical (bursting elongation and stiffness), comfort (air permeability and moisture sorption), and esthetic (pilling propensity) properties are discussed as an influence of the used elastane type (multifilament or monofilament), and content (4% or 8%), and applied wet processes. The severity of the bleaching process (high pH value and boiling temperature) and the resulting fabrics’ less compact structure contributed to a 17.3% higher bursting elongation of bleached compared to the dyed fabrics. Fabrics having a higher content of less finner elastane (8%, 235 dtex) have 40% and up to 21% higher stiffness and bursting elongation than fabrics containing 4% elastane of 78 dtex. The aforementioned fabrics (having 4% elastane) are softer and more comfortable since they are characterized by up to 37.9% and 5.6% higher air permeability and moisture sorption than fabrics having 8% elastane. Dyed knitted fabrics provided a better intensity of warm/cool feeling than the bleached ones due to the better comfort properties. Up to 5000 pilling cycles, the fabrics’ pilling propensity increased with an increase in elastane fineness, while at the same number of pilling cycles, dyed fabrics have a lower pilling propensity than the bleached ones. The calculated complex criterion of fabrics’ quality revealed that pilling propensity and stiffness are the main contributors to their quality that ranged from excellent to satisfying. The “satisfying” fabric quality was improved to “good” by softening with silicone softener, whereby the high content of silicon (197.51 μg/g, assessed by ICP-OES) within the bleached fabric having 8% elastane contributed to lower piling propensity compared to the corresponding non-softened fabric.

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