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 −CH3
Terminal function
H
Monomer number
n
Molar mass
307.32 per mer unit g/mol
Polymolecularity index
1
Chemical composition
Formula
H(C2H3(NCOC3H6)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
∙[(NC4H6O)cyclCHCH2]∙ Vinylpyrrolidone mer molecule 20 - 20000 0.9998002397123452 ± 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
≥C−C≤ 3
⪖ 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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