Effects of Washing on the Structure and Properties of Kapok/Cotton Blended Knitted Fabrics
The interlock knitted fabric woven with kapok/cotton blended yarn was taken as the research ob-ject,the morphological structure,weight loss rate,kapok content,heat and humidity comfort and other indexes of kapok/cotton blended knitted fabrics before and after washing were tested and evaluated,and the effects of washing parameters such as washing times,washing temperature and drying methods on the structure and proper-ties of kapok/cotton blended knitted fabrics were explored.The results showed that the fabric became fluffy after washing and there was a certain quality loss,which was mainly due to the loss of kapok,the thermal insulation properties decreased,the air and moisture permeability improved,and the dimensional stability was greatly affect-ed by the number of washing temperatures.
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