What are supercritical fluids? Why are they useful and what are their applications in green chemistry?
As a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry you can access, FREE of charge, reliable full text e-books, journals and databases in the Virtual Library. For example: From Knovel: • The Handbook of Solvents states: “Supercritical refers to the state of the matter where the temperature and pressure of a single component fluid is above the critical point at which the phase boundaries diminish. A portfolio of chemical and physical operations carried out in the vicinity of this region defines Supercritical Fluid Technology (SFT). Supercritical fluids are effective at lower temperatures than distillation and their application in separation avoids the degradation and decomposition of heat labile compounds.” • Section headings in the book “Supercritical Fluid Extraction” provide a snapshot of some of the applications of this technology: Activated Carbon Regeneration; Breaking an Azeotrope; Coffee Decaffeination; Polymer Fractionation. From Springer: • “in situ NMR methods in Catalysis” section
