VOLUME ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY OF FLAX SINGLE JERSEY WEFT-KNITTED FABRICS

Abstract

The aim of this work was to investigate the volume electrical resistivity of three plain single jersey weft-knitted fabrics produced from the same flax yarn but with different structural characteristics. The influence of structural characteristics of knitted fabrics (number of courses, mass per unit area, and thickness), atmospheric conditions (relative air humidity and temperature), as well as pilling caused by abrading knitted fabrics with the same knitted fabric, on the volume electrical resistivity of knitted fabrics, were examined in the scope of this investigation. The study showed that the increase in structural characteristics leads to a decrease in the volume resistivity of knitted fabrics. A decrease in air humidity causes an increase in the volume resistivity of investigated knitted fabrics. An increase in temperature causes a decrease in volume resistivity in all examined knitted fabrics. Furthermore, a decrease in the volume resistivity for all knitted fabrics after pilling was registered.