Measurement of Moisture Conductivity of Clothing

In this paper a method to measure the moisture (water vapor) conductivity of clothing is proposed. The method is based on the wet cup method, which is often used for building materials. The proposed method overcomes the difficulty of applying the wet cup method to thin and air-permeable material lik...

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Published inJournal of the Human-Environment System Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 29 - 34
Main Authors Takada, Satoru, Hokoi, Shuichi, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nagoya Japanese Society of Human-Environment System 2004
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
moisture conductivity
moisture transfer at surface
thermal comfort
wet cup method
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Summary:In this paper a method to measure the moisture (water vapor) conductivity of clothing is proposed. The method is based on the wet cup method, which is often used for building materials. The proposed method overcomes the difficulty of applying the wet cup method to thin and air-permeable material like cloth by determining the surface moisture transfer resistances at both sides of cloth gravimetrically. Measured results on cotton cloth are shown.
ISSN:1345-1324
1349-7723
DOI:10.1618/jhes.7.29