Environmental Application, Fate, Effects, and Concerns of Ionic Liquids: A Review

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 12611-12627

  Amde, Meseret ^a,c   Liu, Jing Fu ^a,b   Pang, Long ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF LIGHT INDUSTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; IONIC LIQUID (ILS); POTENTIAL HAZARDS; TOXIC EFFECT; VOLATILE SOLVENTS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

ANION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; IONIC LIQUID; SOLVENT; INORGANIC SALT; POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; IONIC COMPOSITION; LIQUID; LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIC SALT; SOLVENT; TOXICITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FENTON REACTION; LIQUID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SALINITY; ULTRASONIC DEGRADATION; ULTRASOUND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TOXICITY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IONIC LIQUIDS; SALTS; SOLVENTS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84946771516     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03123     Document Type: Review

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