V.35,no.4,Dec 2023 https://doi.org/10.5764/TCF. Journal Textile Coloration and Finishing Year / Vol., Issue, Month 2021 / V.33,no.1,Mar Title Antimicrobial Properties of Knit made with PET and Ion Exchange Zeolite Nanocomposite Spun Yarn Authors Yongwook Jeon and Youngmi Park Institution/Affiliations Yeungnam University Pages/Total page pp.24 ~ 30 / 7 Language Abstract In this study, PET containing 3% silver ion-exchange zeolite was mixed with cotton in a ratio of 6:4 to prepare a spun yarn to evaluate the tensile strength, absorption speed, absorption rate, antibacterial property, and the efficiency of deodorization. As a result, the following conclusions were obtained. First, it can be confirmed that silver ion exchange zeolite is evenly distributed inside and on the surface of the antimicrobial PET-SF through SEM. It was found that the tensile strength between the CVC sample mixed with silver ion zeolite PET and cotton and the normal cotton 100% sample was slightly lower in the CVC sample. Although the absorption speed and water absorption rate were measured to find out the moisture characteristics, it was confirmed that there was no significant difference. The contact angle was slightly larger in the antimicrobial CVC sample, but the time it took for the moisture to completely penetrate into the knit fabric was 0.85 seconds. In addition, it was found that out of the total mixing ratio, 40% of antibacterial PET was spun with regular cotton to produce yarn, which had an excellent bacteria reduction rate of 99.9% and a deodorization efficiency of 85%. Keywords antibacterial property, silver ion, zeolite, nanocomposite spun yarn, ion exchange Download   Reference http://koreascience.or.kr/journal/OSGGBT.page?&lang=ko