Effect of bamboo/silk blending on moisture management characteristics of fabrics

Abstract

This study aims at determining the moisture management behavior of the silk/bamboo blended fabrics. It is observed that the fabric made from the higher bamboo content has lower wetting time and the fabric made from the higher silk content has higher wetting time. Higher bamboo content fabric has a higher absorption rate, accumulative one-way transport index, spreading speed and overall moisture management capacity as compared to higher silk content fabric.