Effect of Treating Some Weft Knitted Fabrics for Children's Clothing with Extracts of Chamomile and Hazelnut Eco-Friendly Substances

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Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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The research aims to study the effect of treating the weft knitted fabrics used in children’s clothes with environmentally materials such as extracts of some natural plants known to be able to treat skin allergies in order to reach the best type and weight of the fabric, as well as the best type and concentration of material used in treating to improve the functional and mechanical properties of the produced fabrics , the variables are: Three types of knitted weft fabrics (interlock, single jersey and single lycra), with two weights (light and heavy), and two types of natural extracts (chamomile and hazelnut), with two concentrations of (50, 25) %/liter, then  dried at room temperature followed by oven for 5 minuits under 180 oc. Some laboratory tests were conducted on the produced fabrics (the weight per square meters, the air permeability, water absorbancy ability,  resistance to microbial growth,) and the results showed that the best sample is that was produced with (interlock), by weight (heavy),  treated with (chamomile), and the concentration ratio of 50%, while the lowest results were for the sample produced by (Singel Lycra), weight (light), treated with (hazelnut), and the concentration is 25%. It was also noted that statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) between the three type of fabric (interlock, single jersey, single lycra) and weight (light, heavy), the treatment material (hazelnut, chamomile) and the concentration of the treatment material ( 50%, 25%) in achieving the functional performance properties of the fabric.

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