Constituent
Name
PVP
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
coating shell
Mass fraction
0.002
Terminal function
$H$
Monomer number
n
Molar mass
307.32 per mer unit $g/mol$
Polymolecularity index
1
Chemical composition
Formula
$H(C_2H_3(NCOC_3H_6)_{cycl})_nH$
Chemical formula
H2(C6H9NO)n
Elemental formula
C6 H9 N O
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
polymeric
Molar mass
2 500 - 2 500 000 $g/mol$
Density
1.2 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
unknown