Liquids: Supercritical Fluids

• Properties of Supercritical Fluids

  • density resembles that of a liquid
  • viscosity resembles that of a gas

• Critical Temperature, Tc

  • Tc for water is 374.0 ?C

• Critical Pressure, Pc

  • Pc for water is 217.7 Atm

• Critical Point, (Tc , Pc)

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