Phase Behavior and Microstructure of Microemulsions Containing the Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate

Autor: Cosima Stubenrauch, Marie-Alice Guedeau-Boudeville, Nishat Anjum, Ahmed Mourchid
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113:239-244
ISSN: 1520-5207
1520-6106
DOI: 10.1021/jp808643s
Popis: The phase behavior and microstructure of the ternary system water/1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (bmimPF(6))/Triton X-100 was studied as a function of temperature and ionic liquid (IL) mass fraction alpha. In the present study, a hydrophobic IL instead of commonly used organic solvents such as n-alkanes is used. The fish-shaped region is distorted at low and high values of alpha, whereas it is symmetric at intermediate alpha. With increasing alpha, the extension of the three-phase region decreases regarding the surfactant concentration range, whereas it increases regarding the temperature range. For comparison the phase behavior of two ternary water/bmimPF(6)/alkyl oligoethyleneoxide (C(i)E(j)) systems has been investigated. Our results are compared with those obtained for water/n-alkane/C(i)E(j) and IL/n-alkane/C(i)E(j) systems, respectively.
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