Measurement of dielectric permitivity of cotton, flax fibres and cotton/flax blends by means of fringing electric field sensors

The article is devoted to research of dielectric characteristics of flax and cotton fibres. Electrocapacitor sensors are widely used for nondestructive control of physical and mechanical properties of materials, such as moisture, homogeneity, porosity. Application of electrocapacitor measuring sensors for the analysis of textile materials allows to receive the information about quality parameters, moisture, structure, orientation of fibres, impurity degree and to forecast the deformation and strength properties.