Tyvek
Sign in to savethumb|Tyvek house wrap Tyvek () is a brand of synthetic flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers. The name Tyvek is a registered trademark of the American multinational chemical company DuPont, which discovered and commercialized Tyvek in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Key facts
- Brand.logo
- File:Dupont Tyvek logo.svg
- Brand.name
- Tyvek
- Brand.type
- Flashspun nonwoven HDPE fiber
- Brand.currentowner
- DuPont
- Brand.origin
- United States
- Brand.related
- YUPO synthetic paper
- Brand.markets
- Construction, Packaging and labeling
- Brand.tagline
- What do you need to protect?
- Brand.website
- dupont.com/Tyvek
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- 21st century
- Scientific characteristics and properties
- Adhesion and bonding
- Recycling
- Properties of Tyvek
- Uses
- Construction/engineering
- Shipping
- Government use
- Banknotes
- Fashion/personal use
- Medical
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Tyvek house wrap Tyvek () is a brand of synthetic flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers. The name Tyvek is a registered trademark of the American multinational chemical company DuPont, which discovered and commercialized Tyvek in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Tyvek's properties—such as being difficult to tear but easily cut, and waterproof against liquids while allowing water vapor to penetrate—have led to it being used in a variety of applications. Tyvek is often used as housewrap, a synthetic material used to protect buildings during construction, or as personal protective equipment (PPE).