Using Silver nano-particles to give the knitwear of socks a bacterium resistance

In this study, the knitwear of socks was treated so as to be bacterium resistance by utilizing Silver nano-particles with varying percentages of 150, 300, and 450 ppm. This experiment was performed on 3 different kinds of sock fabric: 100% cotton, a 50/50 blend of cotton and polyester, and lastly 100% polyester.
      A Padding Machine is used on all socks being tested. Thus the pressure process during the three stages had 3 different levels of pressure. In total there were 27 tests performed within varying operational conditions.
      The most successful results from blending a high concentration of silver nano-particles came from the 100% cotton samples. The other samples showed different, less successful results in regards to bacterium resistance according to the condition of each experiment.
     This research recommends using the bacterium resistant socks due to the feet being the part of the body where bacterium grows most easily.