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Preface
T H E USE OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS FOR EXTRACTION is growing rapidly, with new applications being developed almost daily. Enhancements in techniques, analytical capabilities, and equipment are leading to greater use of supercritical fluids in areas such as polymers/materials processing, thermodynamics, recovery of natural materials, chromatography, and environmental applications. This book was developed from a symposium consisting of a series of five sessions titled "Supercritical Extraction", presented at the 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society sponsored by the ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, March 24-28, 1996. The symposium brought together researchers from around the world to present an overview of state-of-the-art applications of supercritical fluid extraction. The symposium was divided into sessions according to the applications area. To provide a solid introduction into each of these areas, each session consisted of one invited paper and then six contributed papers. The same structure has been maintained within this book, although the materials processing and thermodynamics sections have been combined. Each section is introduced by a lead paper, authored by the leading experts in specific areas. These papers describe both the new research being conducted by the authors, as well as a review of the current state of science within the particular application area. Contributions from many of the top research laboratories throughout the world are included in this book which represents one of the first international compilations on supercritical fluid extraction. This book should be of interest to both academic and industrial researchers. Many of the papers describe fundamental developments, and yet remain practical to the engineer or scientist needing to apply supercritical fluid extraction to his/her job. It is carefully placed on the precipice between fundamental and applied research. Acknowledgments The editors thank all those who have contributed to bringing about this book including the authors, who have contributed their papers to this volume, and the reviewers, who worked hard to ensure the quality of the contributions. We also thank the ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Inc. that gave ix
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us the opportunity to organize these sessions; Anne Wilson and Cheryl Shanks, the editors at ACS Books, who have patiently resigned themselves to our delays and missed deadlines; and our secretarial staff and colleagues at The University of Tulsa, the University of Toledo, and the University of South Florida. Finally, many thanks go to our families, who have sacrificed so that we could put the time and effort into making this book possible.
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MARTIN A . ABRAHAM Department of Chemical Engineering University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3390 AYDIN K. SUNOL Department of Chemical Engineering University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 July 9, 1997
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