Supercritical Fluids Experimentation Team
Welcome to the Supercritical Fluids Experimentation Facility Web Site, a Team within the C-ACT Group of the Chemistry Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Supercritical Fluids are receiving serious attention as nontoxic, highly effective alternatives in industrial processes. (The video at right, shot from inside the Scrub, shows a semiconductor wafer being cleaned using supercritical fluids.) At Los Alamos National Lab's Supercritical Fluids Facility, we use unique resources to look at ways supercritical fluids ("SCFs") can be used for such processes as:
- Precision Cleaning
- Materials Modification
- Solvent Replacement
- Processing with Supercritical Fluids
- Subcritical Water Processing
- Extraction of Natural and agricultural products
- Multi-Tasking Processes with Critical Fluids
- Analytical Uses of Supercritical Fluids
and we work with with clients to examine techniques for using SCFs in a variety of specific industrial applications. From this section of the C-ACT Site, you can find out how to make a supercritical fluid, explore various applications for supercritical fluids, read about technologies developed at the SCF Facility (two of which have received the prestigious R&D100 Award), access reference information for LANL publications, view images from poster sessions delivered by the SCF staff, and find out who to contact for further information.
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