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- Provides tutorial accounts of topical areas
Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 366)
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Supercritical fluids are neither gas nor liquid, but can be compressed gradually from low to high density and they are therefore interesting and important as tunable solvents and reaction media in the chemical process industry. By adjusting the density the properties of these fluids can be customised and manipulated for a given process - physical or chemical transformation. Separation and processing using supercritical solvents such as CO2 are currently on-line commercially in the food, essential oils and polymer industries. Many agencies and industries are considering the use of supercritical water for waste remediation. Supercritical fluid chromatography represents another, major analytical application. Significant advances have recently been made in materials processing, ranging from particle formation to the creation of porous materials.
The chapters in this book provide tutorial accounts of topical areas centred around: (1) phase equilibria, thermodynamics and equations of state; (2) critical behaviour, crossover effects; (3) transport and interfacial properties; (4) molecular modelling, computer simulation; (5) reactions, spectroscopy; (6) phase separation kinetics; (7) extractions; (8) applications to polymers, pharmaceuticals, natural materials and chromatography; (9) process scale-up.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Supercritical Fluids
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Editors: Erdogan Kiran, Pablo G. Debenedetti, Cor J. Peters
Series Title: NATO Science Series E:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3929-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6235-7Published: 31 May 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6236-4Published: 31 May 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3929-8Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0168-132X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 596
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Polymer Sciences, Physics, general