In one aspect, there is provided a fabric containing gas therein, the fabric comprising a weave between warps and wefts, wherein each warp includes an elongate array of a plurality of individual gas cells, wherein neighboring gas cells are physically coupled to each other via a connection, wherein the connection is monolithic with the gas cells, and each cell contains the gas therein.

In one aspect, the disclosure relates to composite yarns having a structure comprising a core component and sheath layer, wherein each of the core component and the sheath layer independently comprise a polymer and a disclosed cooling composition. In various further aspects, the present disclosure pertains to double covered yarns comprising an elastic core comprising an elastic core; a first yarn in contact with the elastic core, and wherein the first yarn comprises a disclosed yarn comprising a core component and a sheath layer; and a second yarn in contact with the first yarn, and wherein the second yarn comprises a yarn comprising a cellulosic fiber. In still further aspects, the present disclosure pertains to a fabric, such as a denim fabric. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

A wrappable textile sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a woven wall having opposite inner and outer edges extending in a lengthwise direction along a central longitudinal axis of the sleeve between opposite ends. The opposite inner and outer edges are wrappable into overlapping relation with one another to form an inner tubular cavity. The wall has an innermost woven layer and an outermost woven layer woven in attached relation with one another at one of the opposite inner and outer edges. A reflective layer is sandwiched between the innermost woven layer and the outermost woven layer, such that the outermost woven layer protects the underlying reflective layer against abrasion.

A multi-effect woven fabric (MEWF) for energy harvesting and heat management includes a combination of a predetermined number of yarns woven to each other in a repeating pattern. The yarns include a first yarn for absorbing, storing, and releasing heat energy through a phase change, a second yarn for converting heat energy from a wearer's skin, the first yarn, and a third yarn into far infrared radiation energy and radiating the far infrared radiation energy to other yarns and to the wearer's skin, the third yarn for absorbing moisture from the wearer's skin and/or ambient environment and generating heat energy through an exothermic process, and a fourth yarn with a hydrophobic property. The MEWF maintains a uniform temperature on the wearer's skin by a combination of heat energy generation, heat energy harvesting, and radiation of heat energy within the MEWF and between the MEWF and the wearer's skin.

A glass composition of the present disclosure includes, in wt %, 50SiO.sub.254, 25B.sub.2O.sub.330, 12Al.sub.2O.sub.315, 0.5MgO1.9, 3.0CaO5.5, 0ZnO3.5, 0.1Li.sub.2O0.5, and 0.1Na.sub.2O0.3, and has a permittivity of less than 5.0 at a frequency of 1 MHz. The glass composition of the present disclosure has a low permittivity. The use of this glass composition can reduce the occurrence of devitrification and the inclusion of bubbles in glass fibers to be formed or in a shaped glass material to be formed even when the glass fibers have a small fiber diameter or the shaped glass material has a small thickness.

In one aspect, the disclosure relates to composite yarns having a structure comprising a core component and sheath layer, wherein each of the core component and the sheath layer independently comprise a polymer and a disclosed cooling composition. In various further aspects, the present disclosure pertains to double covered yarns comprising an elastic core comprising an elastic core; a first yarn in contact with the elastic core, and wherein the first yarn comprises a disclosed yarn comprising a core component and a sheath layer; and a second yarn in contact with the first yarn, and wherein the second yarn comprises a yarn comprising a cellulosic fiber. In still further aspects, the present disclosure pertains to a fabric, such as a denim fabric. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

A yarn is produced having a functional core and a covering. The core is either an active functional core having electronic components or passive components and may be monofilament or multifilament. The core and covering are woven together such that the covering protects the core and gives the core a more comfortable feel such that the yarn may be used in textile applications. The core may be covered by various spinning methods such as air jet or Vortex air jet spinning, ring spinning, open end, or friction spinning. The yarn may also be processed in a single or double covering operation. In one embodiment, the yarn is woven into clothing.

A fabric for arc-protective garments includes first yarns and second yarns different from the first yarns. The first yarns include first modacrylic fibers, and the first modacrylic fibers contain an infrared absorber in an amount of 2.5 wt % or more with respect to a total weight of the first modacrylic fibers. The weight of the infrared absorber per unit area in the fabric for arc-protective garments is 0.05 oz/yd.sup.2 or more. An arc-protective garment includes the fabric for arc-protective garments.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated film, a film for protected horticulture, a woven or knitted fabric, and the like which are excellent in durability and can maintain high light transmittance without blocking the growth of plants. A laminated film comprising a heat-ray reflection layer and a surface functional layer on at least one surface of the heat-ray reflection layer, wherein the surface functional layer is formed of a resin composition containing particles and a resin, the particles have an average particle diameter of 4 ?m to 10 ?m, and the particles are contained in an amount of 0.3 parts by mass to 1.5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin.

A glass cloth obtained by weaving a glass yarn including a plurality of glass filaments, wherein the compositional amount of B.sub.2O.sub.3 is 20% by mass to 30% by mass in the glass filaments and the compositional amount of SiO.sub.2 is 50% by mass to 60% by mass in the glass filaments, and the loss on ignition of the glass cloth is 0.25% by mass to 1.0% by mass.