Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
INDUSTRIA TEXTILA, cilt.68, sa.3, ss.213-220, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
In this work, ultraviolet protection factor (UPF), ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) transmittance of cotton/polyester blend clothing fabrics, which are important characteristics for such fabrics, were investigated by analysis of variance. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) finish prepared by Sol-Gel technique was applied to fabric samples, made from 67/33% and 35/65% cotton/polyester blend yarns. The effects of yarn and fabric structural parameters, such as weave patterns and raw materials of yarns, and also titanium dioxide finish, which were analysed and reported in this work for clothing woven fabrics, were not studied in the references. It is observed that while the UPF of clothing fabrics increased by decreasing porosity, UVA and UVB transmittance of fabrics decreased. When the fabric thickness increased UPF of fabrics increased, whereas UVA and UVB transmittance of fabrics decreased. If porosity of fabrics were almost equal to each other, fabric thickness determined the UV protection and transmittance properties. Matt twill fabrics thanks to their lowest porosity show the best UV protection and transmittance performance. UPFs of 35/65 cotton/polyester blend fabrics were higher than those of 35/65 cotton/polyester blend fabrics. Opposite was happened for UVA and UVB transmittances. Titanium dioxide finish improved the UV protection and transmittance characteristics.