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Title: Effects of Methylating Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids on Viscosity: New Insights from the Compensated Arrhenius Formalism

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
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  1. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI (United States)
  3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Methylation of the C(2) carbon on imidazolium-based room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) causes an unexpected increase in viscosity when paired with the anion bis(trifluoromethylsulfonamide) [Tf2N], but the viscosity decreases when the methylated imidazolium is paired with a tetracyanoborate [B(CN)4] anion. Herein, this paper investigates these different observations in viscosity using the compensated Arrheniusformalism (CAF) for fluidity (inverse viscosity), which assumes fluidity to be a thermally activated process. CAF activation energies are determined for imidazolium [Tf2N] and methylated imidazolium [Tf2N] and compared to imidazolium [B(CN)4] and methylated imidazolium [B(CN)4]. The results show that the activation energy increases with methylation for [Tf2N], but it decreases with methylation for [B(CN)4]. The CAF results also yield information concerning the entropy of activation, which are compared for the two systems

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2000263
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Vol. 127, Issue 27; ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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