Kansas State University

Evaporative Resistance of Clothing

Property:

Resistance to evaporative heat transfer provided by clothing systems

Method:

ASTM F 2370 “Measuring the Evaporative Resistance of Clothing Using a Sweating Manikin” 

Instrument:

Sweating thermal manikin in an environmental chamber

Specimen number and size:

1 set of garments sized to fit the manikin

Cost:

$800 for 3 independent replications