Moisture management

Moisture management or moisture-wicking is a functional property in textiles that enables them to transfer moisture from the skin, by capillary action through the fabric, spreading it over a large external surface area, which helps in drying quickly.[1][2] The property is one of the most important for thermal comfort of textiles.[3]

  1. ^ "Moisture Management - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. ^ Hu, Junyan; Li, Yi; Yeung, Kwok-Wing; Wong, Anthony S. W.; Xu, Weilin (2005-01-01). "Moisture Management Tester: A Method to Characterize Fabric Liquid Moisture Management Properties". Textile Research Journal. 75 (1): 57–62. doi:10.1177/004051750507500111. ISSN 0040-5175. S2CID 137648863.
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