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Ionic liquids are a new kind of solvent used in "green
chemistry" for their non-existent vapor pressure. Numerous chemical reactions
can be carried out in these new salts which are liquid at room temperature.
In some processes there is a separation after the reaction, or some reactants
are in a gas phase. Phase equilibria and mass transfer data are necessary
to optimize these stages. Solubility and, for the first time, diffusivity
of carbon dioxide and ethylene in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluoro-phosphate
are presented in this chapter. The diffusivity showed a different trend
than expected with the viscosities and the molar volumes of the solutes.
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