Time-Temperature Superposition of the Dissolution of Wool Yarns in the Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate.

ABSTRACT: The dissolution of wool yarns in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate [C2mim][OAc] has been investigated. Wool yarns were submerged into [C2mim][OAc] and dissolved for various times and temperatures before coagulating with water. Optical microscopy was used to track the yarn's cross-sectional area. We propose that there are two competing dissolution processes, one rate-limited by disulfide bonds at low temperatures (LTs), and a second by hydrogen bonds at high temperatures (HTs), with a crossover point between the two regimes at 70 ℃. The corresponding activation energies were E_LT = 127 ± 9 kJ/mol and E_HT = 34 ± 1 kJ/mol. The remaining area of the dissolved wool yarn could be shifted via time-temperature superposition to plot a single ma

SUBMITTER: Alghamdi AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10779772 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature