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Review
Nature 383, 313-318 (26 September 1996) | doi:10.1038/383313a0
Supercritical fluids as solvents for chemical and materials processing
Charles A. Eckert, Barbara L. Knutson & Pablo G. Debenedetti
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Abstract
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.
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