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any salt that has a relatively low melting point; they are used as solvents where water or traditional organic solvents cannot be used
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Ionic liquid — An ionic liquid is a liquid that contains essentially only ions. Some ionic liquids, such as ethylammonium nitrate are in a dynamic equilibrium where at any time more than 99.99% of the liquid is made up of ionic rather than molecular species. In … Wikipedia
Magnetic ionic liquid — A magnetic ionic liquid was identified by Satoshi Hayashi and Hiro o Hamaguchi of the University of Tokyo in 2004 as an ionic liquid based on the imidazole 1 butyl 3 methylimidazolium chloride and ferric chloride.[1] [2] Due to the presence of… … Wikipedia
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Ionic — or Ionian may refer to:In science: * Ion, in physics and chemistry, an atom or group of atoms with a net electric charge ** Ionic bond, a type of chemical bond involving ions ** Ionic compound, a chemical compound in which ions are held together… … Wikipedia
Ionic compound — In chemistry, an ionic compound is a chemical compound in which ions are held together in a lattice structure by ionic bonds. Usually, the positively charged portion consists of metal cations and the negatively charged portion is a halogen or… … Wikipedia
Ionic transfer — is a term which can be used to describe the transfer of ions from one liquid phase to another.This is related to the phase transfer catalysts which are a special type of liquid liquid extraction which is used in synthetic chemistry.For instance… … Wikipedia
Ionic conductivity — Ionic conduction in solids has been a subject of interest as early as the beginning of the 19th century. It was established by Michael Faraday (1839) that the laws of electrolysis are also obeyed in ionic solids like PbF2 and Ag2S. There were,… … Wikipedia
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Liquid crystal display — LCD redirects here. For other uses, see LCD (disambiguation). Reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display. Polarizing filter film with a vertical axis to polarize light as it enters. Glass substrate with ITO electrodes. The shapes of these… … Wikipedia
Liquid dielectric — A liquid dielectric is a dielectric material in liquid state. Its main purpose is to prevent or rapidly quench electric discharges. Dielectric liquids are used as electrical insulators in high voltage applications, e.g. transformers, capacitors,… … Wikipedia
