Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids: Never the Twain?

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For many years, the related fields of molten salts and ionic liquids have drifted apart, to their mutual detriment. Both molten salts and ionic liquids are liquid salts containing only ions - all that is different is the temperature! Both fields involve the study of Coulombic fluids for academic and industrial purposes; both employ the same principles; both require skilled practitioners; both speak the same language; all then that is truly different is their semantics, and how superficial is that? The editors of this book, recognising that there was so much knowledge, both empirical and theoretical, which can be passed from the molten salt community to the ionic liquid community, and vice versa, organised a landmark meeting in Tunisia, designed to bridge the gap and heal the rift. Leaders from both communities met for a week for a mutual exchange, with a high tutorial content intermixed with cutting edge findings.  This volume is a condensate of the principal offerings of that week, and emphasises the success which was achieved.  Indeed, four future biannual meetings, under the title of “EUCHEM Conferences on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids”, have now been planned as a direct result of this meeting of minds. Topics discussed in this volume include structure, dynamics, electrochemistry, interfacial and thermodynamic properties, spectroscopy, synthesis, and theoretical studies. Experimental and theoretical methods for investigating these data are elaborated, as are techniques for data collection and analysis.  This book represents the first serious discussion on the transfer of these methods and techniques between the differing temperature regimes, and is a major contribution to the future of both fields.Content: Chapter 1 Ionic Liquids in the Temperature Range 150?1500 K: Patterns and Problems (pages 1–24): C. Austen AngellChapter 2 Conductivities of Ionic Liquid Mixtures with Organic Electrolyte Solutions (pages 25–36): D. Bansal, F. Croce, J. Swank and M. SalomonChapter 3 How Hydrophilic Ionic Liquids Behave in Aqueous Solutions (pages 37–48): Marijana Blesic, Kenneth R. Seddon, Natalia V. Plechkova, Nimal Gunaratne, Antonio Lopes and Luis Paulo N. RebeloChapter 4 Mass Spectrometric Studies on Ionic Liquid Aggregates (pages 49–61): R. Lopes da Silva, I. M. Marrucho, J. A. P. Coutinho and Ana M. FernandesChapter 5 Study of Sm?Al Alloy Formation in the Molten LiCl?KCl Eutectic (pages 63–74): G. De Cordoba and C. CaravacaChapter 6 Alumina Solubility and Electrical Conductivity in Potassium Cryolites with Low Cryolite Ratio (pages 75–84): Alexander Dedyukhin, Alexei Apisarov, Olga Tkatcheva, Yurii Zaikov and Alexander RedkinChapter 7 Ionic Liquids as Solvents for the Variable Temperature Electrodeposition of Metals and Semiconductors: A Short Introduction (pages 85–99): S. Zein El Abedin and F. EndresChapter 8 Predicting the Thermodynamic Behaviour of Water + Ionic Liquids Systems Using COSMO?RS (pages 101–121): M. G. Freire, L. M. N. B. F. Santos, I. M. Marrucho and J. A. P. CoutinhoChapter 9 Metallic Inert Anodes for Aluminium Electrolysis (pages 123–131): I. Galasiu, R. Galasiu and C. NicolescuChapter 10 The Behaviour of Phosphorus and Sulfur in Cryolite?Alumina Melts: Thermodynamic Considerations (pages 133–141): I. Galasiu, R. Galasiu, C. Nicolescu, J. Thonstad and G. M. HaarbergChapter 11 Ionic Liquid?Ionic Liquid Biphasic Systems (pages 143–150): Dirk Gerhard, Friedrich Fick and Peter WasserscheidChapter 12 Recent Developments in the Reprocessing of Spent Fuel by Catalyst Enhanced Molten Salt Oxidation (CEMSO) (pages 151–167): Trevor R. Griffiths, Vladimir A. Volkovich and W. Robert CarperChapter 13 Plasma?Induced Molten Salt Electrolysis to Form Functional Fine Particles (pages 169–180): Yasuhiko Ito, Tokujiro Nishikiori and Takuya GotoChapter 14 Liquid Electrolytes: Their Characterisation, Investigation, and Diverse Applications (pages 181–192): Keith E. JohnsonChapter 15 Protection of a Microstructured Molybdenum Reactor from High Temperature Oxidation by Electrochemical Deposition Coatings in Molten Salts (pages 193–217): S. A. Kuznetsov, A. R. Dubrovskiy, S. V. Kuznetsova, E. V. Rebrov, M. J. M. Mies, M. H. J. M. de Croon and J. C. SchoutenChapter 16 Molten Salt Synthesis of LaA1O3 Powder at Low Temperatures (pages 219–228): Zushu Li, Shaowei Zhang and William Edward LeeChapter 17 Accurate Measurement of Physicochemical Properties on Ionic Liquids and Molten Salts (pages 229–263): V. M. B. Nunes, M. J. V. Lourenco, F. J. V. Santos, M. L. S. M. Lopes and C. A. Nieto de CastroChapter 18 Molten Salt Physics and Chemistry in the Current Development of Spent Nuclear Fuel Management (pages 265–278): Toru Ogawa, Kazuo Minato and Yasuo AraiChapter 19 An Organic Chemist's Perspective on High Temperature Molten Salts and Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (pages 279–299): Richard M. PagniChapter 20 Raman Spectroscopy of High Temperature Melts (pages 301–340): G. N. Papatheodorou, A. G. Kalampounias and S. N. YannopoulosChapter 21 Thermodynamic Properties of LnI3?MI Binary Systems (Ln = La or Nd; M = K, Rb, or Cs) (pages 341–353): Leszek Rycerz, M. F. Butman and Marcelle Gaune?EscardChapter 22 Materials Informatics for Molten Salts Chemistry (pages 355–366): Changwon Suh, Slobodan Gadzuric, Marcelle Gaune?Escard and Krishna RajanChapter 23 A Novel Ionic Liquid?Polymer Electrolyte for the Advanced Lithium Ion Polymer Battery (pages 367–388): Daisuke Teramoto, Ryo Yokoyama, Hiroshi Kagawa, Tsutomu Sada and Naoya OgataChapter 24 Solubility of A12O3 in NaCl?KCl Based Molten Salt System (pages 389–395): Y. Xiao, C. R. Mambote, G. A. Wierink and A. van SandwijkChapter 25 Molten Salt Synthesis of Ceramic Materials (pages 397–406): Shaowei Zhang, D. D. Jayaseelan, Zushu Li and William Edward LeeChapter 26 Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Studies with Dual Phase Proton and Oxide Ion Conduction (pages 407–417): Bin Zhu, S. Li, X. L. Sun and J. C. Sun