supercritical
adjective
chemistry,physicsspecializeduk/ˌsuː.pəˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌsuː.pɚˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/relatingtosubstancesthat areheatedtohigherthantheircriticaltemperatureandpressure(= thehighesttemperatureandpressureat which agascan bechangedinto aliquid),resultinginchangesto the way theybehave:
超临界的Although muchdenserthan agas, the supercriticalCO2is lessdensethanwaterso it willstarttomigrateupwards.虽然比气体密度大得多,但超临界二氧化碳的密度比水小,因此它会开始向上移动。
- Manycommonchemicalscan go supercritical, forinstancewater,carbondioxideandethylene, used to makepolytheneshoppingbags.
- Carbondioxide, when it goes supercritical at just over 30C, was first used in the 1960s forextractingthecaffeinefromcoffeebeanswithoutleavingachemicalresidue.
- a newgenerationof supercriticalcoal-firedpowerstations
- Theysqueezedthegastoalmost100timesatmosphericpressurebutheatedit to just 35C. Once in the supercriticalstate, theketoneswereadded.