SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS AS SOLVENTS FOR CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS PROCESSING

Authors
ECKERT CA KNUTSON BL DEBENEDETTI PG
Citation
Ca. Eckert et al., SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS AS SOLVENTS FOR CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS PROCESSING, Nature, 383(6598), 1996, pp. 313-318
Citations number
82
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Nature → ACNP
ISSN journal
00280836
Volume
383
Issue
6598
Year of publication
1996
Pages
313 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-0836(1996)383:6598<313:SFASFC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Fluids near their critical point have dissolving power comparable to t hat of liquids, are much more compressible than dilute gases, and have transport properties intermediate between gas- and liquid-like. This unusual combination of physical properties can be advantageously explo ited in environmentally benign separation and reaction processes, as w ell as for new kinds of materials processing.