เป็นเว็บไซต์ที่To measure the vertical and horizontal wicking of the
fabrics, a sample holder was made consisting of a row of common
household pins mounted at intervals of 0.25 cm in a strip of 0.3
cm thick plexiglass so that their points protrude about 0.5 cm.
Each pin was connected to a computer-controlled data acquisition relay assembly. The resistance between the first or common pin
and each of the other pins were measured and recorded by the
computer at a preset sampling rate. When the wicking water
reached any pin beyond the common pin, this event was marked by
an abrupt drop in resistance. The number of pins monitored and
the sampling rate could be varied to match the wicking properties
of the fabric. For faster wicking fabrics, more pins were
monitored and the sampling rate increased. Typically, 12 to 15
pins were monitored at rates from I to 120 pins per minute. The
experiment was terminated when the water had wicked along the
sample about 25 to 40 mm or after about 25 minutes, whichever
happened first