Supercritical Flow

Supercritical flow is a rapid, shallow fluid flow in which inertial effects exceed the influence of gravity, a condition important in open-channel and hydraulic engineering. It is identified by a Froude number greater than one, meaning flow disturbances travel more slowly than the moving water and cannot propagate upstream; changes in channel slope, depth, or geometry can therefore produce abrupt transitions, including hydraulic jumps to subcritical flow. Engineers analyze supercritical flow when designing spillways, flumes, chutes, and energy-dissipation systems, where controlling velocity, water depth, and downstream impacts is essential for safe and efficient infrastructure.

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Supercritical Nitrogen Processing for the Purification of Reactive Porous Materials

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2015

Nitrogen is an effective supercritical fluid for extraction or drying processes due to its small molecular size, high density in the near-liquid supercritical regime, and chemical inertness. We present a supercritical nitrogen drying protocol for the purification treatment of reactive, porous materials.

Preparing Silica Aerogel Monoliths via a Rapid Supercritical Extraction Method

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2014

This article describes a rapid supercritical extraction method for fabricating silica aerogels. By utilizing a confined mold and hydraulic hot press, monolithic aerogels can be made in eight hours or less.

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Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

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2024

Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) provides a beneficial substitute for gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC) for certain samples because it merges the top attributes of both techniques. SFC allows the separation and analysis of compounds that GC or LC does not easily manage. These compounds are traditionally nonvolatile or thermally unstable, making GC unsuitable and lacking functional groups required for HPLC analysis. SFC utilizes a supercritical fluid mobile phase,...

Fabrication and Testing of Catalytic Aerogels Prepared Via Rapid Supercritical Extraction

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2018

Here we present protocols for preparing and testing catalytic aerogels by incorporating metal species into silica and alumina aerogel platforms. Methods for preparing materials using copper salts and copper-containing nanoparticles are featured. Catalytic testing protocols demonstrate the effectiveness of these aerogels for three-way catalysis applications.

Flow Cytometry Purification of Mouse Meiotic Cells

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2011

An efficient method to obtain highly purified viable meiotic fractions from mouse testis is described, which combines a refined cell dissociation protocol with fluorescent activated cell sorting (FACS). This method takes advantage of differences in the DNA content and nuclear density of discrete meiotic fractions.

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