Abstract
The dilute solution properties of nine poly(vinylpyrrolidone) fractions in methanol covering the molecular weight range 6.76 × 104 to 1.02 × 107 were studied. Constants a and Km of the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada (M.H.S.) equation were found to be 0.60 and 2.64 × 10−4 respectively using light scattering and intrinsic viscosity data and were compared with the literature values. The second virial coefficient, A2 decreases gradually as the molecular weight increases while the root-mean-square radius of gyration, 2 increases. The dependence of A2 on molecular weight is in agreement with other flexible polymers dissolved in moderate to good solvents. The unperturbed chain dimension, (r/M) was calculated using the Stockmayer-Fixman (S—F) equation and a value of 4.9 × 10−17 cm was obtained. The S—F plot slightly bends in the region of high molecular weight which is according to expectation.
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