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This study makes an objective evaluation of the wetness of pantiliners based on their physical properties and a subjective evaluation of the wetness of commercially produced pantiliners, based on subjective hand evaluation tests and wear trials performed by female subjects. The heat, air, and water transport properties of the pantiliners were measured using the Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabric (KES-FB) system, while the subjective wetness of the samples was analyzed using physical parameters. The wetness of pantiliners could be predicted from the water transport property. Those pantiliners that were evaluated as wet showed a large maximum value of heat flux under the wet condition (qmax-wet). The qmax-wet value is one of the key parameters for evaluating the wetness of hygiene products.

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pantiliner wetness hand evaluation wear trial water transport property

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Evaluation of the Wetness of Pantiliners

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