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Abstract
Two types of ionic liquids are considered: molten salts and aqueous solutions of strong electrolytes. It is shown that in both cases, modern theoretical methods are capable of making definite predictions about the spatial correlations between the ions themselves and between the ions and water molecules. It is further shown that the technique of neutron diffraction as applied to isotopically enriched samples allows, for the first time, detailed comparisons to be made between theory and experiment. The results of these comparisons are discussed and areas in which the theory is in urgent need of revision are identified.
