Polyvinylpyrrolidone - C&EN Global Enterprise (ACS Publications)

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unique combination of properties

wide range of applications

• binds and stabilizes many organic and inorganic compounds

• pharmaceutical (plasma expander, detoxifier, drug vehicle and retardant, tablet binder, etc.)

• compatible with physiologic fluids and body tissues

• chemical (protective colloid for polymerization and other chemical reactions)

• substantive to hair

• protects and stabilizsessuspensions, dispersions and emulsions

• cosmetic (binder, stabilizer and film former in skin and hair preparations such as skin lotions, powder bases, hair tonics and lacquers, wave sets, sham­ poos, shaving creams, deodorants, depilatories, perfume fixatives, etc.)

• thickens and modifies viscosity of aqueous systems

Β food (stabilizer, thickener, flavor improver.etc.)

• prevents soil redisposition

• detergent (soil suspension, detoxifier, etc.)

• precipitates tannins- and polycarboxylic acids

• textile (dyestuff stripping agent, synthetic fiber additive, size component)

• detoxifies a wide variety of poisons, toxins and irritants

• forms hard, flexible films

• also agricultural chemicals...lithography ...adhesives and coatings...paper...plastics ...rubber and many others.

• available in a wide variety of molecular weights for different solubility and viscosity specifications • free-flowing white powder, soluble in water and most organic solvents

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