Applications of Supercritical Fluids in Industrial Analysis

This volume concentrates on applications of supercritical fluids in the major industrial sectors: polymer analysis, environmental chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and food technology. An introduction to supercritical fluids is followed by chapters on the instrumentation available for supercritical fluid extraction and supercritical fluid chromatography.

Zusammenfassung
The search for rapid, efficient and cost-effective means of analytical measurement has introduced supercritical fluids into the field of analytical chemistry. This text reviews the current situation regarding supercritical fluids in analytical chemistry and considers future possibilities.

Inhalt

Properties of supercritical fluids. Instrumentation for supercritical fluid chromatography. The anatomy of a supercritical fluid chromatograph. Instrumentation for supercritical fluid extraction. Supercritical fluid chromatography and extraction of pharmaceuticals. Applications of supercritical fluids in polymer analysis. Applications of SFC for polymers. Supercritical fluid extraction. Applications of on-line extraction. Applications of off-line extraction. Applications of supercitical fluids in food science. Applications of supercritical fluids in environmental analysis. Future developments in analytical supercritical fluid technology: some ideas from recent research. Index.