Performance of blended fabrics with coffee carbon fibers

In order to develop a new type of functional fabric,the basic performances of coffee carbon fibers were tested. 8 blended fabrics of 2 series were woven on trial basis with coffee carbon fiber and other fibers and their wearability was tested. The results showed that the coffee carbon fibers have obvious cavity structure on its transverse sections and on the lengthways surface adhere many nanoscale coffee carbon particles; compared with ordinary polyester fibers, coffee carbon fibers have lower initial modulus,breaking tenacity and elongation at break,but their moisture regain is increased; and fabric performance exhibits remarkable difference between coffee carbon fiber /cotton,coffee carbon fiber /viscose,coffee carbon fiber / modal blended fabrics. And among them,coffee carbon fiber /cotton( 35 /65) shows the best warmth retention property; coffee carbon fiber / viscose( 35 /65) has better air permeability; when the content of coffee carbon fiber is fixed at 35%,its blended fabrics with modal or viscose have better thermal-wet comfort,anti-pilling property and drapability; and its blended fabris with modal or cotton have better crease recovery ability.