Determining phase boundaries and vapour/liquid critical points in supercritical fluids: A multi-technique approach

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-272

  Oag, Robert M ^a   King, Peter J ^a   Mellor, Christopher J ^a   George, Michael W ^a   Ke, Jie ^a   Poliakoff, Martyn ^a   Popov, Vladimir K ^b   Bagratashvili, Viktor N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE ON LASER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Phase boundaries; Sound velocity; Supercritical; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; LIQUID; PHASE TRANSITION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SOUND; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VAPOR; VISCOSITY;

EID: 3242721404     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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