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To: Enigma who wrote (14610)	3/6/2001 1:21:46 AM
From: russet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15703

Yes,...they are talking about fluid flow under high pressure and temperature,...beyond the critical temperature and pressure where gases under high pressure should only be liquids,...and liquids under high temperature should turn into gases,....(gggggggggggggggggggg),...unfortunately no one really knows with this particular mix of chemicals and temperatures and pressures,....what the F@#$@ is happening. Even the Engineers are sort of speechless,...and buddy that usually only happens when they are full of beer or confronted with a Pamela Lee(gggggggggggggggggggg). My guess is it's some sort of Crystalline entity,...and beam me up Scotty (gggggggggggg). Changing my diaper again,...the real question is does KOB go over $2.00 this week,...the rest is B.S. :-)))))

To: Enigma who wrote (14610)	3/6/2001 5:27:18 AM
From: davo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15703

They're discussing supercritical fluids which coincidentally I've been researching in the last few days regarding their use in pharmaceutical manufacturing. A supercritical fluid is formed when a substance is heated above its critical temperature under pressure and you end up with something that is neither gas nor liquid. This site has a pressure/temp graph: nottingham.ac.uk Some nice piccies of phase changes: expsep.co.uk The drug industry is increasingly using scf's like CO2 for solvent extraction and formation of uniform microparticles for improved drug delivery. They're also used for decaffeinating coffee. cheers, Davo (who will be supercritical if that perf doesn't happen soon)