Science and Technology Supercritical Fluids

K.W. Hutchinson, Innovations in Supercritical Fluids - Science and Technology, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 608, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (1996). 

In general, the properties of supercritical fluids make them interesting media in which to conduct chemical reactions. A supercritical fluid can be defined as a substance or mixture at conditions which exceed the critical temperature (Tc) and critical pressure (Pc). One of the primary advantages of employing a supercritical fluid as the continuous phase lies in the ability to manipulate the solvent strength (dielectric constant) simply by varying the temperature and pressure of the system. Additionally, supercritical fluids have properties which are intermediate between those of a liquid and those of a gas. As an illustration, a supercritical fluid can have liquid-like density and simultaneously possess gas-like viscosity. For more information, the reader is referred to several books which have been published on supercritical fluid science and technology [1-4],... 

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K. P. Johnson and J. M. L. Penninger (eds), Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology, American Chemical Society, Washington D.C. (1989). 

Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology Johnston, K.P. Penninger, J.M.L., Eds. American Chemical Society Symposium Series, No. 406 American Chemical Society Washington, DC, 1989. 

Kiran, E. In Innovations in Supercritical Fluids Science and Technology, Hutchenson,... 

Hutchinson KW, Foster NR (eds) (1995) Innovations in supercritical fluids science and technology, ACS Symposium Series 608, American Chemical Society, Washington (for recent advances in technological processes involving supercritical fluids)... 

Sunol, S.G., Sunol, A.K., Keskin, O., Guney,0., Supercritical fluid aided preparation of aerogels and their characterization , in Innovations in Supercritical Fluids Science and Technology Chapter 17, pp 258-268, edited by K. W. Hutchenson and N. R. Foster, ACS Symposium Series 608 (1995). 

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