This review summarizes recent applications of ionic liquids (ILs) as ‘green’ solvents in extractions of a variety of substances, including metal ions, organic and bio‐molecules, organosulfur from fuels, and gases. ILs could also be used along with another ‘green’ technology, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), for a more effective separation of products from ILs. In addition to their environmentally‐benign feature, ILs have other favorable properties over organic solvents used for extraction, such as adjustable hydrophobicity, polarity and selectivity. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry

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Experimental densities, viscosities, and heat capacities at different temperatures were measured over the entire mole fraction range for the binary mixture of ethylene glycol + water. Density values were used in the determination of excess molar volumes, V E . The excess volumes, V E , are fitted as a function of the mole fraction to a polynomial. ∆η was fitted to the Redlich-Kister equation. The excess volumes are negative over the entire composition at the lower temperatures. They show a U-shaped concentration dependence and decrease in absolute value with increasing temperature. At high temperatures, the excess molar volume shows an S-shaped dependence. ∆η values are negative over the entire range of mole fraction and have a very similar trend to that for V E . The heat capacities of mixtures have the maximum values at x 1 ) 0.0312.

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