Constituent
Name
Polyvinylpyrrolidone
Official name
Polyvinylpyrrolidone
Family
molecular solid
Class
polar molecular solid
Compound type
homopolymer
Comments
The polymer has typically between 20 and 20 000 monomers units. Terminal functions are mostly $-CH_3$
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Monomer arrangement
linear homopolymer
Terminal function
$H$
Monomer number
n
Molar mass
307.32 per mer unit $g/mol$
Polymolecularity index
1
Comments
Weight average molecular weight Mw ~55,000
Chemical composition
Formula
$H(C_2H_3(NCOC_3H_6)_{cycl})_nH$
Chemical formula
H2(C6H9NO)n
Elemental formula
(C)120-120000 (H)182-180000 (N)20-20000 (O)20-20000
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$\bullet[(NC_4H_6O)_{cycl}CHCH_2]\bullet$ Vinylpyrrolidone mer molecule 20 - 20000 0.9998002397123452 $\pm$ 0.9978026368357971 1 constituent mer main
$H$ Hydrogen element 2 0.00019976028765481422 1 pure main
Composition comments
The formula is n repeting units + 2 terminal functions
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$\geq C-C \leq$ 3 main
$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$ 1 main
$\geq C-N<$ 2 main
$\eqslantgtr C-N<$ 1 main
$>C=O$ 1 main
$\geq C-H$ 9 main
Class
molecular solids with polar molecules (02)
Type
with polyatomic organic polar molecules (CnHm...) (02.01)
Phase name
various
Phase type
various
Texture
monocrystalline
Molar mass
2 500 - 2 500 000 $g/mol$
Density
1.2 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
unknown