PVP (Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone) – Cosmetic, Pharmaceutical & Industrial Grades Molecular Weight Grades Available

Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone PVP

Short Description:

PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer renowned for its exceptional binding, film-forming, and stabilizing properties.  With excellent biocompatibility and low toxicity, it serves as a cosmetics (hairsprays, shampoos), critical excipient in pharmaceuticals (tablet binders, capsule coatings, wound dressings),   and industrial applications (inks, ceramics, detergents). Its high complexation ability enhances solubility and bioavailability of APIs.  PVP’s tunable molecular weights (K-values) offer flexibility across formulations, ensuring optimal viscosity, adhesion, and dispersion control.  


  • Product Name: Polyvinylpyrrolidone
  • INCI Name: PVP,Polyvinylpyrrolidone
  • Pharmacopeia Name: Povidone
  • Molecular Formula: (C6H9NO)n
  • CAS No.: 9003-39-8
  • Founction: Film-forming,Thickener
  • NMPA Registration: PVP K30 and PVP K90 Powder Registered
  • Product Detail

    Why Zhonghe Fountain

    Product Tags

    *Cosmetic Grade Polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)  are existing as powder and water solution form,and being supplied in a wide molecular weight range,easily dissolve in water,alcohol and other organic solvents,highly hygroscopicity,excellent film-forming capacity,adhesiveness and chemical stability,none toxicity.Cosmetic Grade PVP are widely used in hair care,skin care and oral care products,especially for hair styling products.In view of it’s wide molecular weight range,from the low molecular weight to high molecular weight PVP applicable for soft to hard hair care products’ formulations.

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    Key Technical Parameters:

    Product

    PVP K30P

    PVP K80P

    PVP K90P

    PVP K30 30%L

    PVP K85 20% L

    PVP K90 20%L

    Appearance

    White or off-white powder

    Clear and colorless to slightly yellowish liquid

    K Value(5% in water) 27~35 75~87 81~97 27~35 78~90 81~97
    pH( 5% in water) 3.0~7.0 5.0~9.0 5.0~9.0 3.0~7.0 5.0~9.0 5.0~9.0
    N-Vinylpyrrolidone 0.03% max. 0.03% max. 0.03% max. 0.03% max. 0.03% max. 0.03% max.
    Sulphated Ash 0.1% max. 0.1% max. 0.1% max. 0.1% max. 0.1% max. 0.1% max.
    Solid Content 95% min. 95% min. 95% min. 29~31% 19~21% 19~21%
    Water 5.0% max 5.0% max. 5.0% max. 69~71% 79~81% 79~81%
    Heavy Metals(As Pb) 10 ppm max. 10 ppm max. 10 ppm max. 10 ppm max. 10 ppm max. 10 ppm max.

    Applications:

    Cosmetic Grade PVP products are suitable for fourmulations which used as film forming and viscosity modification/Thickener,especially in hair styling products,mousse gels and lotions & solution,PVPs also used as dispersion agent in Hair-dying,pigment products’ formulations.Thickening agent for oral and optical preparations.

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    Pharmaceutical Grade Polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)-Povidone is homopolymer of 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (Polyvinylpyrrolidone),freely soluble in water,in ethanol (96%),in methanol,and other organic solvents,veryslightly soluble in acetone.It’s a hygroscopic polymer ,supplied in white or creamy white powder or flakes,ranging from low to high viscosity & low to high molecular weight,which characterized by K Value,with excellent hygroscopisty,film-forming,adhesive,chemical stability and toxicological safeness characters.

     Main Products & specifications

    Specifications

    Povidone K12

    Povidone 15

    Povidone K17

    Povidone K25

    Povidone K30

    -

    Povidone K90

    Appearance@25℃

    White or off-white powder

    Appearance of Solution

    Clearly and not more intensely coloured than reference solution B6,BY6 or R6

    K Value

    10.2-13.8

    12.75-17.25

    15.3-18.36

    22.5-27.0

    27-32.4

    -

    81-97.2

    Impuriy A (HPHL)    ppm max.

    10

    10

    10

    10

    10

    -

    10

    pH (5% in aqueous solution)

    3.0-5.0

    3.0-5.0

    3.0-5.0

    3.0-5.0

    3.0-5.0

    -

    4.0-7.0

    Sulphated Ash        % max.

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    -

    0.1

    Nitrogen Content      %

    11.5-12.8

    11.5-12.8

    11.5-12.8

    11.5-12.8

    11.5-12.8

    -

    11.5-12.8

    Impurity B           % max.

    3.0

    3.0

    3.0

    3.0

    3.0

    -

    3.0

    Aldehyde(as acetaldehyde) ppm max

    500

    500

    500

    500

    500

    -

    500

    Heavy Metals(as Pb)  ppm max.

    10

    10

    10

    10

    10

    -

    10

    Hydrazine           ppm max.

    1

    1

    1

    1

    1

    -

    1

    Peroxide (as H2O2)   pppm max.

    400

    400

    400

    400

    400

    -

    400

    Applications & Benefits

     ●Binder for tablets,the premier high performance binders for wet granulation.

     ●Films/Sugar coatings,act as film-forming agents,adhesion promoters and pigment dispersers.

     ●Viscosity modification,crystal inhibitors and drug solubilization in liquid formulations,such as injection and ophthalmic products.

     ●Thickening agents for aqueous-alcoholic solutions for oral and topical preparations.

     ●Improve solubility and enhances bioavailability of drug actives,used to adjust the solubility speed of some hardly soluble actives to enhance bioavailability.

     ●Pore formation in taste-masking formations,medical plastics and in other membrane production.

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    Technical Grade Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is widely used in variety of industries,thanks to it’s unique physical and chemical properties,particularly its good solubility in both water and many other organic solvents,its chemical stability,its affinity to complex both hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances and its nontoxic character..In industrial applications including,in adhesives to improve strength and toughness;in paper manufacturer to increase strength and ascoating resin,and in synthetic fibers to improve dye receptivity.It is also widely employed in inks,imaging.lithography,detergents and soaps,the textile,ceramic,electrical,metallurgical industries and as a polymerization additive.

    Key Technical Parameters:

    Product

    PVP K15P

    PVP K17P

    PVP K25P

    PVP K30P

    PVP K90P

    PVP K30L

    PVP K90L

    Appearance

    White or off-white powder

    Colorless to yellowish liquid

    K Value

    13~18

    15~19

    23~28

    27~35

    81~100

    27~35

    81~100

    pH( 5% in water)

    3.0~7.0

    3.0~7.0

    3.0~7.0

    3.0~7.0

    5.0~9.0

    3.0~7.0

    5.0~9.0

    NVP

    0.2% max.

    0.2% max.

    0.2% max

    0.2% max.

    0.2% max.

    0.2% max.

    0.2% max.

    Sulphated Ash

    0.1% max.

    0.1% max.

    0.1% max.

    0.1% max.

    0.1% max.

    0.1% max.

    0.1% max.

    Solid Content

    95% min.

    95% min.

    95% min.

    95% min.

    95% min.

    29~31%

    19~21%

    Water

    5.0% max.

    5.0% max.

    5.0% max.

    5.0% max.

    5.0% max.

    69~71%

    79~81%

    Applications:

    Technical grade PVP are being used Textiles/Fibers,Adhesives,Coatings/paintings,Laundry/Household detergent,Inks,Ceramics and other hi-tech industries.

    *Dye transfer inhibition in detergents using PVP K15,K17 & K30 and/or its liquid product to complex fugitive.

    *Textile dye stripping and strike rate control through compexation and dispersion with PVP K30 and/or its liquid product.

    *Laundry detergents where PVP K30 inhibits soil redeposition.

    *Emulsion polymerization where PVP K30 and or its liquid product latex stabilizer,functioning as a protective colloid,facilitates redispersion of a ‘broken’latex end-use application.

    *Dispersions using PVPK30 & K90 and/or its liquid product for nonaqueous dye and pigment-based writing ink delivery systems.

    *Hollow fiber membrane manufacture in which PVP K90 & K30 and/or its liquid product create voids any hydrophilic domains in polysulfone membranes.

    *In oil filed cementing,where PVP K30& K90 and or its liquid productserve as fluid loss control agents.

    *On lithographic plates using hydrophobic inks,where PVPK15 provides enhancement of the nonimage area.

    *PVP K80,K85 & K90 and/or its liquid products in stearate-based adhesive sticks for arts and crafts applications.

    *In fiber glass sizing,using PVP K30 & K90 and/or its liquid products film forming action to promote polyivnylacetate adhesion.

    *As combustible ceramic binders,using PVP K30 & K90 and/or its liquid product to enhance green strength.

    *PVP K15,K17,K30,K60 & K90 and/or its liquid products used in agriculture as binder and complexation agent for crop protection,Primary film former in seed treatment and coatings.


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