Table 1 Physicochemical properties of the ILs at 20 °C.

From: A facile ionic-liquid pretreatment method for the examination of archaeological wood by scanning electron microscopy

 

IL/EtOH

Water content (ppm)

Viscosity (cP)

Density (gcm−3)

EMI-TFSI

neat

25.6

55.9

1.54

5%

4.50 * 104

—

0.843

EMI-DCA

neat

33.7

20.8

1.11

5%

4.90 * 104

—

0.825

BMP-TFSI

neat

15.4

307

1.46

10%

3.86 * 104

—

0.862

BMP-DCA

neat

31.3

49.6

1.02

7.5%

4.62 * 104

—

0.825

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