Liquid-liquid extraction of toluene from n-heptane using binary mixtures of N-butylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate and N-butylpyridinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquids

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-215

  García, Silvia ^a   Larriba, Marcos ^a   García, Julián ^a   Torrecilla, José S ^a   Rodríguez, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatic extraction; Ionic liquids; Mixed solvents; N butylpyridinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide; N butylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOLVENTS; AROMATIC EXTRACTION; DISTRIBUTION RATIO; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; IDEAL MIXING; LIQUID LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MIXED SOLVENTS; N-BUTYLPYRIDINIUM BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYLSULFONYL)IMIDE; N-BUTYLPYRIDINIUM TETRAFLUOROBORATE; N-HEPTANES; PSEUDOTERNARY SYSTEM; SOLVENT COMPOSITION; SULFOLANE; TETRAFLUOROBORATES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BINARY MIXTURES; HEPTANE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TOLUENE;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

INSECTIVORA;

EID: 84455208063     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.069     Document Type: Article

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