I&EC 203 |
| With this presentation we would like to change the perception that Ionic Liquids (ILs) are mainly environmentally safe or ”green” alternatives to conventional organic solvents. In fact, the application potential of ionic liquids is much broader than presumed. Beyond their use as alternative solvents, ILs can be employed as process aids, e.g. in the hydrosilylation of olefins (immobilization of otherwise homogeneous catalysts). Furthermore, due to their unique properties, ILs create many interesting possibilities as performance additives in various materials and applications. In this context, non-imidazolium-based ILs should be of particular interest due to their availability in technical quantities and lower cost compared to their imidazolium-based counterparts. Examples of industrial applications of ILs as performance additives taken from Degussa's ongoing ILs research program will be presented, e.g. the use of ILs as secondary dispersing agents in combination with water-based, universal pigment pastes in problematic solvent-based coatings and paints. |
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Ionic Liquids: Not Just Solvents Anymore OR Ionic Liquids: Parallel Futures (Sponsored by Green Chemistry and Engineering, Separation Science and Technology and Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications Sub-Divisions)
1:30 PM-5:45 PM, Monday, 27 March 2006 Georgia World Congress Center -- B314, Oral
Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |