AbstractThe dielectric spectrum is measured up to 72 GHz of solutions of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in tetramethylurea (TMU), dimethylethylene urea and dimethylpropylene urea. Concentrations are up to a monomole fraction of 0.65 (PVP 1200) or 0.5 (PVP 40 000). Measuring temperatures are 20CC for all systems and additionally 40 and 60°C for the TMU solutions. For the description of the results a superposition of Debye type components is used, which are discussed in particular with respect to the solvent contributions. These can be distinguished into three regions: (i) Unaffected bulk-type; (ii) loosely affected, relaxation time and activation enthalpy increasing with increasing polymer content; (iii) quasi bound and moving together with the polymer. The solvation numbers (total of affected solvent per repeat unit of polymer) are about 1.5 to 2.
