TY  - CONF
ID  - scholars6644
TI  - Biodegradability of immidazolium, pyridinium, piperidinium and pyrrolidinium based ionic liquid in different water source
N2  - Ionic Liquid (IL), combination of an organic cation with an organic or inorganic cation, possess some remarkable physical chemical properties such as no virtual vapor pressure (allowing recyclability and reusability), wide liquid range, high thermal and chemical stability, ease to choose hydrophobic/hydrophilic character and wide electrochemical window. Owing to that, they have become increasingly popular as green solvents/additives/catalysts for organic synthetic chemistry, extraction, electrochemistry, catalysis, biomass conversion, biotechnologies and pharmaceutical applications. This is acknowledged by the exponential number of yearly published articles related to them. However, even if these are very widely studied in the international scientific community, they are not or very little used on an industrial scale, particularly because of the lack of data on their toxicity and biodegradability. Notably hydrophobic ILs seems to display higher toxicity towards microorganisms and lower biodegradability compared to their hydrophilic analogues since they are not readily disassociated in water. This present work aims to explore the biodegradability of 8 different insoluble ILs in different sources of water bearing varied amount of microorganisms to study the impact of the used water on the biodegradability assessment. The water sources used are Type III Water, Pond water and filtered Sewage Water. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that the type of water has a very minor influence on the biodegradability effect of insoluble ILs. However, there is still some degree of influence on the type of water with the biodegradability. © 2016 Author(s).
N1  - cited By 10; Conference of 4th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences, ICFAS 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:125141
AV  - none
VL  - 1787
A1  - Krishnan, S.
A1  - Quraishi, K.S.
A1  - Aminuddin, N.F.
A1  - Mazlan, F.A.
A1  - Leveque, J.-M.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85005974419&doi=10.1063%2f1.4968096&partnerID=40&md5=e8233709858fa94d79ebd29fd98cee56
PB  - American Institute of Physics Inc.
SN  - 0094243X
Y1  - 2016///
ER  -