Figures & data
Figure 1. (a) untreated fabrics (raw), (b) treated (mercerized) fabrics, (c) untreated cotton yarn bundles (raw) (d) treated (mercerized) cotton yarn bundles after drying, (e) Causticisation process of raw cotton fabrics/yarn bundles.
Figure 2. Diagrammatic illustration of vertical wicking flow tests for the untreated/treated fabric layer samples.
Figure 3. Diagrammatic illustration of vertical wicking flow tests for the untreated/treated yarn bundle samples.
Figure 4. Diagrammatic illustration of horizontal wicking flow tests for untreated and treated fabric bundle samples.
Figure 5. Diagrammatic illustration of horizontal wicking flow tests for untreated/treated yarn bundle samples.
Figure 6. Vertical (a) and horizontal (b) wicking tests of the untreated yarn bundle.
Figure 7. The treated yarn bundle wicking tests: (a) Vertical and (b) horizontal.
Figure 8. The untreated fabric layers wicking tests: (a) Vertical and (b) horizontal.
Figure 9. The treated fabric layers wicking tests: (a) Vertical direction and (b) horizontal direction.
Figure 10. The untreated yarn bundle wicking rates: (a) Vertical direction and (b) horizontal direction.
Figure 11. The treated yarn bundles’ wicking rates: (a) Vertical direction and (b) horizontal direction.
Figure 12. The untreated fabric layers wicking rates: (a) Vertical direction and (b) horizontal direction.
Figure 13. The treated fabric layers wicking rates: (a) Vertical direction and (b) horizontal direction.
