supercritical

IPA: supɝkrˈɪtɪkʌɫ

adjective

  • (physics) Of a substance or system above a critical threshold or range
  • (physics, of a fluid) Above its critical temperature and critical pressure.
  • (physics, of a fissile material) Having a mass sufficient to sustain an accelerating fission chain reaction.
  • (aerodynamics) Above the speed of sound.
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Examples of "supercritical" in Sentences

  • Supercritical fluid chromatography.
  • It is not liquid, it's supercritical.
  • Supercritical water power generation.
  • The coolant will be supercritical water.
  • They operate at supercritical pressure .
  • Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction.
  • History of supercritical steam generation.
  • Supercritical angle fluorescence microscopy.
  • One such design is called the supercritical airfoil.
  • One such design is called the supercritical aerofoil.
  • When the water is in the so-called supercritical phase, the company says, its pH level can be adjusted to turn it into an acid.
  • When CO2 is captured and prepared for storage, it enters what scientists call a supercritical phase: it behaves both like a liquid and a gas.
  • Even worse, the World Bank classifies these coal plants as "low carbon" financing projects if they are the so-called supercritical type with marginally better CO2 emissions rates.
  • New rules mean that about one fifth of India's new coal plants will be among the efficient (so-called supercritical) plants that are standard fare in much of the rest of the world.
  • Medupi is designed to operate at higher steam pressures and temperatures (termed supercritical) which enables it to achieve a higher efficiency than Eskom's existing coal-fired [plants].
  • In both phases, the cellulosic material is treated by water at a pressure and temperature that is so high that the water is neither steam or an ordinary liquid but in a form known as "supercritical."
  • In both phases, the cellulosic material is treated by water at a pressure and temperature that is so high that the water is neither steam nor an ordinary liquid but in a form known as "supercritical."
  • Renmatix says its industrial-scale process breaks down cellulose through something called "supercritical hydrolysis," which uses water at high temperatures and pressures to quickly solubilize cellulose from sources such as wood.
  • A so-called supercritical plant operates at sufficiently high pressures and temperatures (between 1000 and 1075 degrees Fahrenheit) such that the water and steam become indistinguishable (the critical point of a liquid), allowing efficiency rates to reach 42 percent.

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