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Permeability and Moisture Management Properties of Denim Fabric Made from Cotton, Spandex, and Polyester

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Denim fabrics are one of the best clothing fabrics worldwide, especially for youngsters. Denim fabric transmission properties have an effect on comfort for the wearer. The air permeability, wicking property, and water vapor permeability properties are the main fabric transmission properties studied in this research. Denim fabrics were manufactured mainly from cotton, but nowadays both spandex and polyester are used in denim production which has a great influence on fabrics’ transmission performance properties. For this study, eight denim fabrics were manufactured. The warp yarn was 100% cotton of 6.5 s count and eight different weft yarns of 100% cotton (10 s), 100% cotton (20 s), cotton/spandex (14 + 70D (5.4% spandex ratio)), cotton/spandex (14 + 70D (2.5% spandex ratio)), polyester/spandex (150 + 40D (12.5% spandex ratio)), polyester/spandex (150 + 40D (10% spandex ratio)), polyester (450D), and polyester (400D). This research aimed to explore the influence of yarn type on denim fabric transmission properties. The result revealed that the spandex ratio has a negative effect on air permeability, vertical wicking, and vapor transmission properties. Fabric A2 showed the highest air permeability (15 cm3/cm2/s) and vapor transmission (48.7%) properties. In the contrary A5 showed the lowest vapor (47.1%) and air transmission (4.5cm3/cm2/s) properties. The ANOVA analysis showed that the air permeability, wicking property, and water vapor permeability of denim fabrics had statistically significant at P values of 0.0, p < 0.05, for all.

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Adamu, B.F. Permeability and Moisture Management Properties of Denim Fabric Made from Cotton, Spandex, and Polyester. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. E 103, 253–258 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40034-022-00249-1

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