Precision of New Test Method for Characterizing Dynamic Liquid Moisture Transfer in Textile Fabrics

摘要

A newly proposed AATCC test method addresses liquid moisture management property testing for textile fabrics and other porous materials. The test method and a prototype instrument, the Moisture Management Tester (MMT), were developed, including the definition and grading of evaluation indices and the classification method of fabric moisture management properties. Eight types of fabrics with different structural features and made from different materials and/or using different finishing techniques were tested. The correlations with other test methods were analyzed. Based on the intra-laboratory test, the analysis of the variance was performed to determine the precision of the test method.