IMPROVEMENT OF THE EQUILIBRIUM ABSORPTION METHOD AND THE PROCESS TO EVALUATE THE INTERNAL VOLUME/RADIUS DISTRIBUTION OF FABRICS

Abstract

The equilibrium absorption method by serial samples of different length was adopted for a reliable technique to determine the internal volume/radius distribution of fabrics and the calculation procedure was improved. Experimental results on 12 varieties of commercial fabrics were reported and applicability of the improved procedure to analysis was discussed.
On the basis of the comparison of V_pl/T, the ratio of total estimated volume to the thickness, with the porosity value obtained with specific gravity method, it can be concluded that the improved procedure affords proper estimation of internal volume in major sample fabrics.