To provide a moisture conditioning conjugated fiber capable of imparting a sufficient strength as an indoor article such as a curtain, a carpet or a wall cloth material, having moisture conditioning functions suitable for preventing indoor dew condensation and excellent yarn manufacturing properties and even post-processing properties such as weaving or knitting properties.
This moisture conditioning conjugated fiber is a core-sheath type moisture conditioning conjugated fiber and is characterized as follows. Both a core part and a sheath part are mainly composed of a thermoplastic resin and the ratio of the sheath part is 30-80 wt.%. The conjugated fiber contains 20-70 wt.% of diatomaceous earth having 0.1-4.0 μm average particle diameter in the core or the sheath part and the breaking strength of the conjugated fiber is ≥2.1 cN/dtex.
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