Liquid Moisture Transport in Single and Layered Cotton Woven Fabrics

The transport of liquid sweat mainly concerns the material that is next to the skin during clothing usage. When the inner surface of the material closest to the skin is adjacent to another layer of clothing, the matter is not so clear-cut. In the case of the multilayer clothing, the outer layer receives the liquid sweat from the next-to-skin layer and transport it further to ambient air. The aim of this work was to analyze the transport of liquid moisture in multilayer sets. Measurements were performed using a Moisture Management Tester. The studies confirmed that as a result of adding another layer in the outward direction, the characteristics of the liquid moisture transport of the internal surface of the inner layer of a multilayer package change significantly. The novelty of the presented research is the demonstration that the transport of liquid moisture in the layer adjacent to human skin may change when the next-to-skin layer is not adjacent to ambient air but to textile material forming the next layer of clothing. The presented studies also proved that the transport of liquid moisture on the inner surface of the layer adjacent to the skin changes to different extents depending on the type of material used as the next outer layer of clothing.