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. 2020 Dec 18;28(13):16253–16263. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-11988-2

Table 2.

Descriptions of the fabric and yarn characteristics of the textile samples

Sample Description Fabric Yarn
PES-fap Polar fleece fabric (100% polyester) Single jersey knitted fabric with raised, looped piles on both sides,

Jersey: false-twist textured 3dtex multifilament yarn

Piles: from flat (not-textured) 2dtex filaments

PES-fnap Polar fleece blanket (100% polyester) Single jersey knitted fabric with raised, looped piles on both sides

Jersey: false-twist textured 4dtex multifilament yarn

Piles: from flat (not-textured) 2dtex filaments

PES-ss

Composite fabric: two layers laminated on a membrane film

(1) Orange shell layer

(2) Purple fleece layer (96% polyester, 4% elastane)

Shell: Plain weave fabric

Fleece: Jersey knitted base fabric with raised, looped piles on one side

Plain weave: false-twist textured 1.1dtex PES multifilament yarn with embedded 15dtex elastane fibres in the chain and weft

Jersey: false-twist textured 2.6dtex multifilament yarn

Piles: from false-twist textured 0.8dtex filaments

PES-ts Four technical sport t-shirts (100% polyester)
PES-ts1a Pink t-shirt Single jersey knitted fabric Stretch false-twist textured 0.9dtex multifilament yarn
PES-ts2b Green t-shirt Pique knitted fabric Stretch false-twist textured 2dtex multifilament yarn
PA-tsb Technical sport t-shirt (92 % polyamide, 8% elastane) Single jersey knitted fabric Stretch false-twist textured 1.5dtex multifilament PA yarn with elastane as rubber bands in the hip and shoulder
PAN-je Knitted jumper (100% acryl) Fluffy knitted (different knitting patterns) 3 brown and one black oval ~ 4.5dtex staple fibre yarn

aSeams were with cut edges but only partly covered with thread

bSeams were with cut edges and covered with thread