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The Wicking of Water in Yarn as Measured by an Electrical Resistance Technique

N. Ansari Textile Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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M. Haghighat Kish Textile Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Pages 410-419 | Received 21 Jun 1999, Accepted 20 Jul 1999, Published online: 30 Mar 2009

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