A Study of the Thermo-physiological Comfort Properties of Fabrics treated with Neem and Bermuda grass Herbal Finishes

ABSTRACT

Comfort is an aspect and is considered as one of the important characteristics of clothing. Generally, the comfort properties can be distinguished into three categories, viz., thermo-physiological comfort, sensorial comfort, and psychological comfort. Thermo-physiological comfort of a fabric is determined by the ability of the fabric to transmit heat, air, and moisture from the skin to the atmosphere. Fabric made of synthetic fibers has convincing comfort properties when compared with the fabrics made of natural fibers like cotton, silk, wool, etc. When natural fibers are compared with synthetic fibers, synthetic fibers are hydrophobic in nature and provides less comfort to the wearer. Hence, in this research work, an attempt has been made to study the thermo-physiological comfort properties of herbal finished woven fabrics made from synthetic fibers coated with neem and bermudagrass. Herbal finishes were applied on the woven fabrics made from 100% polyester and blends of 50:50 polyester, acrylic fibers. These finished fabrics were tested and analyzed for durability and essential thermo-physiological comfort properties. Based on the test results and analysis it was found that significant improvements in the moisture-related properties and moderate decrease in the thermal conductivity of the synthetic fabrics with neem and bermudagrass herbal finish.

摘要

舒适性是服装的一个方面,是服装的重要特征之一. 一般来说,舒适性可分为三类,即热生理舒适性、感觉舒适性和心理舒适性. 织物的热生理舒适性取决于织物将热量、空气和水分从皮肤传递到大气的能力. 与棉、丝、毛等天然纤维织物相比,合成纤维织物具有令人信服的舒适性能. 当天然纤维与合成纤维相比时,合成纤维本质上是疏水性的,给穿着者提供的舒适性较差. 因此,在本研究工作中,尝试研究以印楝和狗牙根为涂层的合成纤维织物的热生理舒适性. 草药整理应用于由100%聚酯纤维和50:50聚酯纤维、丙烯酸纤维混纺而成的机织物上. 对这些成品织物进行了耐久性和基本的热生理舒适性测试和分析. 根据测试结果和分析,发现印楝和狗牙根草本整理织物的吸湿性能得到显著改善,导热系数略有下降.

KEYWORDS:

• Bermudagrass
• clothing comfort
• herbal finishes
• neem
• polyester: acrylic fiber blends
• thermo-physiological comfort

关键词:

• 百慕大群岛
• 穿着舒适
• 草药饰面
• 尼姆 聚酯纤维
• 丙烯酸纤维混合物
• 热生理舒适