Bamboo/Cotton Knitted Fabric for Thermal Comfort Volume 3 - Issue 5

Gopalakrishnan M¹*, Satheesh Kumar D² and Saravanan K³

• ¹Department of Textile Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India
• ²Research Scholar, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India
• ³Department of Fashion Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India

Received: March 03, 2021   Published: March 17, 2021

*Corresponding author: Gopalakrishnan M, Department of Textile Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India

DOI: 10.32474/LTTFD.2021.03.000172

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Abstract

In this article, the aim was to analyses the impact of different bamboo/cotton blend proportions on thermal comfort properties of knitted jersey fabrics. When the portion of bamboo fibre is increased in the blend either in yarn form or fabric form, it improves the thermal comfort properties. Since 100% bamboo knitted jersey is having high drape and not stable for many applications, various blend proportions of bamboo with cotton are used to make knitted jersey in this study. Knitted jersey fabrics made out of bamboo blends are less thick and lower in GSM than made out of fabrics using 100% cotton. Thermal conductivity of cotton is more than bamboo, so the blends of bamboo with cotton not only gives a better fabric for commercial use, but it also gives the required right value of thermal conductivity when used in gym, physical activities and sports applications. When proportion of bamboo is increased in the blend, both water vapor permeability and air permeability values are also increased in the fabric. The analysis also reveals that result received are remarkable for thermal comfort properties of 30s Ne Count bamboo/cotton blended knitted jersey fabrics.

Keywords: Bamboo; cotton; blend proportion; thermal comfort; air permeability; water vapour permeability

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