| Title |
Influence of the structure of footwear upper and lining materials on their electrical properties / |
| Authors |
Jankauskaitė, Virginija ; Gulbinienė, Ada ; Kondratas, Alvydas ; Domskienė, Jurgita ; Urbelis, Virginijus |
| DOI |
10.5604/01.3001.0011.5744 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Fibres and Textile in Eastern Europe.. Łodź : Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres. 2018, vol. 26, iss. 2, p. 87-92.. ISSN 1230-3666. eISSN 2300-7354 |
| Keywords [eng] |
leather ; textile lining ; electrical properties ; material structure ; environmental humidity |
| Abstract [eng] |
Protective footwear for occupational use conducts static electricity through the upper, linings, insole and outsole into the ground. Footwear must be made from appropriate material to reduce the possibility of electrocution and other electricity-related incidents.In this study the influence of footwear materials for the upper and lining components’ structure on their electrical properties was investigated. For investigations leather and various textile laminates were chosen. The thickness of leather coating, composition textile laminates, the upper–lining system, and relative humidity of the environment on electrical resistivity changes were evaluated. Leather shows antistatic properties at standard humidity, but its electrical conductivity greatly increases at high humidity due to the presence of polar groups in the leather structure. Textile lining laminates composed of natural and synthetic fibres are insulators, but their systems with leather at high humidity show resistivity values close to antistatic materials. Leather acrylic coating decreases the electrical conductivity of materials. |
| Published |
Łodź : Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
| CC license |
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