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21<br />

Substitution <strong>of</strong> <strong>Solvents</strong> by<br />

Safer Products and Processes<br />

21.1 SUPERCRITICAL SOLVENTS<br />

Aydin K. Sunol and Sermin G. Sunol<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Chemical Engineering<br />

University <strong>of</strong> South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA<br />

21.1.1 INTRODUCTION<br />

Significant and steady inroads towards wider and more effective utilization <strong>of</strong> supercritical<br />

fluids have been made over the last two decades, especially for high value added differenti-<br />

Figure 21.1.1. Pressure-temperature and pressure-density behavior <strong>of</strong> matter.

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