bioaccumulative effects a different class of materials namely ionic liquids u201c il u201d may be used for the purpose of flame retarding an ionic liquid is a salt in which the ions are poorly coordinated as is well known in the art at least one ion in the salt has a delocalized charge and one component is organic which prevents the formation of a stable crystal lattice ionic liquids have capabilities to form a wide range of intermolecular interactions that include strong and weak ionic hydrogen boding van der waals dispersive pie pie interactions ionic liquids exhibit compatibility with a wide variety of materials including salts fats proteins amino acids surfactants oils inks and plastics and even dna ionic liquids have been intensively studied for many applications such as solvents catalysts separation extraction biomass processing etc ils have been used as plasticizers dispersants and lubricants when used as plasticizers they show excellent resistance to migration and leaching which mitigates one of the most significant issues with current flame retardant compounds ionic liquid flame retardants may be suitably configured by selection of cations and anions chosen from but not limited to those shown in fig1 3 and 4 ionic liquids are compounds which may contain halogen nitrogen phosphorus sulfur or some combination of these elements ionic liquid compounds may be designed with halogen nitrogen sulfur phosphorus or some combinations of these elements and so the compounds may be used as flame retardants either though physical action or chemical action to inhibit combustion processes as discussed above due to the large number of possible combinations of ion.