Introduction


Comfort properties of textiles are extremely important. Itis sometimes more important than the aesthetic properties when the garments arenext to skin. Among all the comfort properties, good absorption and easy dryingis one of the major requirements. When we do some physical work, we sweat.Garments, which are next to skin, should absorb this sweat quickly andtransport it to the outer surface of the garment. From the outer surface, sweat(or water to be precise) should be evaporated quickly to keep the body dry andcool. All these desired phenomena come under one technical term, called moisturemanagement. It is clear that absorption of water and its transport todifferent parts of textiles followed by its evaporation is the major requirement.Transport of water to different parts of fabric is called wicking.



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