“…Diffusion coefficients of EMIMAc and BMIMCl were Table 1 Approximations used to calculate the diffusion coefficient of a substance released from an infinite plane. and 30 • C (Seki et al, 2010). First, the radius R of the ion was calculated using Einstein formula D EMIM − (T ) = k B T/6 Á(T )R where k B is Boltzmann constant, T is temperature and Á is the viscosity of the medium (EMIMAc) which was taken from Gericke et al (2009) at the corresponding temperatures, 27 • C and 30 • C. Then the radius obtained was used to calculate the diffusion coefficient of EMIM − in water taking water viscosity of 10 −3 Pa s. For such a rough estimation, and also considering some difference in temperature (experimental vs used in literature), the agreement between measured and estimated EMIMAc diffusivity in water is very good, 3 × 10 −4 mm 2 /s (experimental value obtained in this work at 22 • C) vs 4 × 10 −4 at 27 • C calculated with self-diffusion data from Liu et al (2010) and 7 × 10 −4 at 30 • C from Seki et al (2010).…”