Solid phase
Official name
Polyvinylpyrrolidone
Secondary names
Polyvidone; Polyvinylpyrolidone; N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone homopolymérisée; poly(n-vinylbutyrolactame); Povidone; PVP
CAS number
9003-39-8
Type
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 $-CH_3$
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
(C)120-120000 (H)182-180000 (N)20-20000 (O)20-20000
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
20024.0
  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
$\geq C-C \leq$ 3
$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$ 1
$\geq C-N<$ 2
$\eqslantgtr C-N<$ 1
$>C=O$ 1
$\geq C-H$ 9
Class
molecular solids with polar molecules (02)
Type
with polyatomic organic polar molecules (CnHm...) (02.01)
Phase name
various
Phase type
various
Molar mass
2 500 - 2 500 000 $g/mol$
Density
1.2 $g/cm^3$
State NTP
solid
Refringence type
unknown
Pure color
white
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