In this project, polyester microdenier and normal denier fibres and yarns were used to produce knitted fabrics. Microfibre fabrics showed excellent drapeability. The wicking behaviour of the microfibre fabrics was found to be better than that of the normal denier fabric. The water drop absorbency, drying rate and total absorbency of the microfibre fabrics were found to be better than those of the normal denier fabrics. However, pilling resistance and abrasion resistance of the microfibre fabrics did not vary significantly compared with normal denier fabrics. The bursting strength of the microfibre fabric was slightly better than that of the normal denier fabric.
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Srinivasan et al. (2007) studied this question.