The Correlation between Air and Water Vapour Permeability of Textiles
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The final conclusion should be clarified. The sugestion is:
Therefore, by the exposed it is suggested that a simple correlation between air and vapour permeability through these kind of structures or samples, is not possible to to be defined.
Author Response
Thankyou.
Conclusion is revised
Reviewer 2 Report
The conducted work “The Correlation Between Air and Water Vapour Permeability of Textiles” is good. However, following comments should be addressed to further improve the paper:
1. Explicitly mention the novelty and research significance of current work in last paragraph of introduction section with emphasis on scientific soundness. Also, add recent relevant literature review more from 2022 papers in introduction section as there is no paper cited from 2022.
2. Avoid paragraph of few (1-4) sentences throughout the manuscript, particularly in results and discussions sections e.g. lines 101-106, 130-132, 239-241, 242-246, 247-248etc.
3. Results are explained in a descriptive way, thus results in current form look like a project report. Results should be further elaborated with scientific reasoning.
4. A separate brief section (explaining the relevance of this research for practical implementation) may be added before conclusion section.
5. Conclusions should be reflection of obtained results with scientific soundness. Conclusions are little long; these should be to the point as obtained from results. Closing remarks should be added at the end of conclusion section keeping in mind all conclusive bullet points.
6. English Language should be improved throughout the manuscript.
B. SPECIFIC COMMENTS FOR IMPROVING FOCUSSED RESEARCH
1. Line 411: mention strange units here and give a scientific reason for recommending a replacement.
2. Line 442 needs some correction along with clarification.
3. General explanation of equations looks like a lab report, it may be shifted in annexure.
Author Response
Explicitly mention the novelty and research significance of current work in last paragraph of introduction section with emphasis on scientific soundness. Also, add recent relevant literature review more from 2022 papers in introduction section as there is no paper cited from 2022.
The latest article directly related to this topic is from the author [1] is mentioned Polymers 2022, 14(1), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14010140
- Avoid paragraph of few (1-4) sentences throughout the manuscript, particularly in results and discussions sections e.g. lines 101-106, 130-132, 239-241, 242-246, 247-248etc.
On thankyou, corrected
- Results are explained in a descriptive way, thus results in current form look like a project report. Results should be further elaborated with scientific reasoning.
OK
- A separate brief section (explaining the relevance of this research for practical implementation) may be added before conclusion section.
Added
- Conclusions should be reflection of obtained results with scientific soundness. Conclusions are little long; these should be to the point as obtained from results. Closing remarks should be added at the end of conclusion section keeping in mind all conclusive bullet points.
Ok thankyou
- English Language should be improved throughout the manuscript.
- SPECIFIC COMMENTS FOR IMPROVING FOCUSSED RESEARCH
- Line 411: mention strange units here and give a scientific reason for recommending a replacement. oK
- Line 442 needs some correction along with clarification. oK
- General explanation of equations looks like a lab report, it may be shifted in annexure.oK
Reviewer 3 Report
In this paper, Adámek K and coworkers have examined the correlation between air and water vapour permeability of textiles and discovered that this phenomenon does not show significant correlation. Also, the not standardized unit of measurement of the breathability makes the comparison much more complex in term so textiles. The work appears to be sound and it can be useful for researchers. It can be accepted after major revision. Following corrections are required before publication in this journal.
1. In introduction section, authors should include more recent references related to this field. Also, relevant references should include in results and discussion section.
2. Abstract is very poorly written, authors should improved it before publication.
3. There are many mathematical equations in this script, it would be better if author remove generalized equations.
Author Response
In this paper, Adámek K and coworkers have examined the correlation between air and water vapour permeability of textiles and discovered that this phenomenon does not show significant correlation. Also, the not standardized unit of measurement of the breathability makes the comparison much more complex in term so textiles. The work appears to be sound and it can be useful for researchers. It can be accepted after major revision. Following corrections are required before publication in this journal.
- In introduction section, authors should include more recent references related to this field. Also, relevant references should include in results and discussion section.
article reference is updated, Polymers 2022, 14(1), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14010140
2. Abstract is very poorly written, authors should improved it before publication. OK
3. There are many mathematical equations in this script, it would be better if author remove generalized equations
OK
Reviewer 4 Report
The manuscript examines the correlation between air permeability and water vapor permeability of pure wool and wool blend textiles. The detailed comments are listed as below:
ABSTRACT
(a) Line 9, “……the water vapour permeability as well [1] …” It is highly suggested that citing reference in this section is unnecessary.
(b) Line 11-13, “Also, the not standardised unit of measurement……in term so textiles.” It is highly recommended that English grammar, expression and spelling should be improved and professional checked before submission.
Section 1: Introduction
(a) The introduction part of the manuscript needs enrichments. Instead of discussing the formulae, please provide the recent developments and trends in this field with more state-of-the-art references.
(b) The introduction part only introduces air permeability in Section 1.1. How about water vapor permeability? Please provide introduction about it.
Section 2: Materials and methods
(a) Please provide visual images of Sample 1 and 2.
(b) Only two samples are insufficient to meet the standard sample population size of testing. Please find more types of textiles as samples for conducting the test.
(c) Why only pure wool and wool blend textiles are chosen? How about other textiles made of different fibres?
(d) This section needs to describe the materials, methods and tests used in this study. Please provide them in details.
(e) It is unnecessary to display any graphical results in this section. Please move all the graphical results to Section 3 if appropriate.
Section 3: Results
Please organize, analyze and discuss the data systematically and logically with relevant references.
Section 5: Conclusions
Please correct it as Section 4 since no Section 4 is found throughout the whole manuscript.
English expression
English grammar, expression and spelling should be professionally and carefully checked throughout the manuscript.
Comments for author File: 
Comments.docx
Author Response
(a) Line 9, “……the water vapour permeability as well [1] …” It is highly suggested that citing reference in this section is unnecessary.
OK
(b) Line 11-13, “Also, the not standardised unit of measurement……in term so textiles.” It is highly recommended that English grammar, expression and spelling should be improved and professional checked before submission.
OK
Section 1: Introduction
(a) The introduction part of the manuscript needs enrichments. Instead of discussing the formulae, please provide the recent developments and trends in this field with more state-of-the-art references.
(b) The introduction part only introduces air permeability in Section 1.1. How about water vapor permeability? Please provide introduction about it.
reference [1] belongs to the author publisehd in 2022 and this is followup article.
Section 2: Materials and methods
(a) Please provide visual images of Sample 1 and 2. sorry not possible now
(b) Only two samples are insufficient to meet the standard sample population size of testing. Please find more types of textiles as samples for conducting the test. The experimental work is quite complex and takes many many days, 2 reference material are used to validate the theoretical hypothesis, in future deep validation can be done
(c) Why only pure wool and wool blend textiles are chosen? How about other textiles made of different fibres?
may be in future more structures and material can be used for deep validation
(d) This section needs to describe the materials, methods and tests used in this study. Please provide them in details.
OK
(e) It is unnecessary to display any graphical results in this section. Please move all the graphical results to Section 3 if appropriate.
Section 3: Results
Please organize, analyze and discuss the data systematically and logically with relevant references.
Section 5: Conclusions
Please correct it as Section 4 since no Section 4 is found throughout the whole manuscript.
English expression
English grammar, expression and spelling should be professionally and carefully checked throughout the manuscript. OK
Round 2
Reviewer 4 Report
The manuscript is acceptable for publication.
