Abstract
In this study, a new liquid spread tester, designed and developed in an earlier work by the authors, has been used for the study and analysis of the transverse wicking characteristics of single jersey-knitted fabric produced from bamboo/cotton-blended yarn. The most significant liquid spreading characteristic, namely the liquid spreading rate, has been measured and analysed for two sets of the knitted fabric composed of bamboo/cotton yarn, one of linear density Ne 20s and the other of Ne 40s yarn. The yarn blend composition was varied in a similar manner for both sets of fabric. It was observed that liquid spreading rate decreased with increase in bamboo content for all the blend proportions investigated. It was also found that this property is higher in the wale-way direction than the course-way direction.
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