Supercritical fluids as solvents for chemical and materials processing

Charles A. Eckert; Barbara L. Knutson; Pablo G. Debenedetti

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Supercritical fluids as solvents for chemical and materials processing

Charles A. Eckert, Barbara L. Knutson, Pablo G. Debenedetti

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Fluids near their critical point have dissolving power comparable to that 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 exploited in environmentally benign separation and reaction processes, as well as for new kinds of materials processing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	313-318
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature
Volume	383
Issue number	6598
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/383313a0
State	Published - Sep 26 1996

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