Synthesis of Tungsten Oxide Nanorod, Its Application on Textile Material, and Study of Its Functional Properties

Table 3

UVA and UVB blocking percentage and mean UPF.

Type	Mean UPF	UVA blocking	UVB blocking
Un treated	27.2	75.7%	99.3%
100% seeded	58.1	87.7%	99.5%
100% sites	24.1	75.1%	99.0%
200% seeded	35.3	81.3%	99.4%
200% sites	108.1	91.1%	99.9%
30% seeded	27.3	77.4%	99.2%
30% sites	37.1	81.5%	99.4%
75% seeded	39.4	84.2%	99.4%
75% sites	28.1	78.2%	99.2%
50% seeded	31.4	78.6%	99.4%
50% sites	60	87.9%	99.6%
5% seeded	29.3	76.4%	99.4%
5% sites	21.8	72.0%	98.9%

In this table: untreated: pure polyester fabric without any process done on it. Sites: polyester fabric treated with seed solution (pad-dry-cure). Seeded: polyester fabric with the nanorods grown over it (fully treated).