Investigation of Relationship Between Tufting Carpet’s Surface Resistivity and Pile Density

Static electricity is the electrical imbalance in the surface of the material that interacts with the surrounding materials. Carpets are prone to static electricity due to the insulating properties of the fibers used in its structure. Carpets consist of pile yarns on the surface and yarn groups in the backing structure. In this study, the relationship between static electricity and carpet pile density was investigated. For this purpose, samples of tufting carpet with three different pile densities were produced and the electrical resistances (surface resistivity and volume resistance) of these samples were measured. The obtained data were statistically analyzed and evaluated. The assessments showed that the increase in the pile density did not cause a statistically significant difference in electrical resistance of tufting carpets