{"id":59734,"date":"2025-08-17T16:26:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59734"},"modified":"2025-08-18T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:23:49","slug":"ionic-liquids-ils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ionic-liquids-ils\/","title":{"rendered":"Ionic Liquids (ILs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ionic Liquids Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have found life can exist on rocky super-earths with volcanic activity and little water thanks to ionic liquids.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ionic Liquids<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ILs are a <\/span><b>category of salt <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which are in l<\/span><b>iquid state at room temperature <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>made up entirely of ions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ILs are restricted to <\/span><b>salts whose melting point is below 100\u00b0C <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(212\u00b0F).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Any salt that melts without decomposing or vaporizing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> usually <\/span><b>yields an ionic liquid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While <\/span><b>ordinary liquids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as water are predominantly <\/span><b>made of electrically neutral molecules,<\/b> <b>ILs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are made of<\/span><b> ions and short-lived ion pairs.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples: Tetrabutylammonium nitrite, 1-(Cyanomethyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride, Choline acetate, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ILs are variously <\/span><b>called liquid electrolytes, ionic melts, ionic fluids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>fused salts, liquid salts, or ionic glasses.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>General Properties:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Non volatile<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Non-flammable<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Stable at high temperature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (up to 200\u00b0C \/ 392\u00b0F or 400\u00b0C \/752\u00b0F depending on the product) and Chemical (water and oxygen)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Hydrophobic or Hydrophilic<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Good conductors (electrolytes)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Broad electrochemical range<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The physico chemical <\/span><b>properties <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of ionic liquids <\/span><b>depend on the type and the size of the<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> two <\/span><b>ions forming them.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of their <\/span><b>highly tunable nature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and exceptional properties, ILs have become essential players <\/span><b>i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n the fields of<\/span><b> synthesis and catalysis, extraction, electrochemistry, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analytics, biotechnology, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ILs have emerged as an <\/span><b>environmentally friendly alternative to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> various <\/span><b>organic solvents and catalysts.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they are involatile and highly heat-resistant, they can be <\/span><b>used in processes subjected to high temperatures.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/144300\/OPS\/GB8EPCOPC.1+G1LEPDRKE.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ionic Liquids are a category of salt which are in liquid state at room temperature and made up entirely of 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