Comfort Behavior of Unconventional Natural Fiber Based Union Fabrics

Kavita Rani,Lalit Jajpura,B K Behera

doi:10.4236/jtst.2019.54011

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https://doi.org/10.4236/jtst.2019.54011

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Abstract

To fulfill the sustainability need of today’s comfort conscious consumers, an attempt has been made in this research study to explore the possibilities of producing high-quality apparel fabrics using unconventional fiber fabrics and their union fabrics. Unconventional natural fibers such as banana, hemp, linen and ramie and also their union fabrics with cotton were used. Union fabrics have different fiber content in warp and weft directions. A comparative study was made on the comfort behavior of these fabrics to evaluate their comfort performance. The properties of these fabrics were evaluated and compared under air permeability, moisture management, thermal properties, low-stress mechanical properties, etc. Unconventional fiber fabrics showed better results in many cases and thus were comparable with 100% cotton fabrics.

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With the advancement in our time, people have placed a great emphasis on environment-friendly materials and processes
The results show that pure linen fabrics permit more air to pass through them, compared with pure cotton and all union fabrics
The reason for higher permeability in case of pure fabrics of unconventional natural fiber fabrics can be attributed to less hairiness in these yarns due to longer fiber length than cotton

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With the advancement in our time, people have placed a great emphasis on environment-friendly materials and processes This trend results in an encouragement to use and develop fibers that can be obtained or manufactured from renewable sources like natural fibers as a substitute for conventional synthetic fibers that are based on petroleum. Even cotton fiber is considered as noneco-friendly fiber as it requires large quantity of chemicals, pesticides along with water Unconventional natural fibers such as hemp, ramie, flax, sisal, kenaf, etc. Some other bast fibers obtained with almost no use of pesticides and chemicals include hemp, ramie, flax, sisal, kenaf, etc. These fibers possess characteristics like elegance in aesthetic appeal, comfort in wear and many other utility performances as peruse in different applications including clothing

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