In this volume, we have collected a series of reviews that cover both experimental and theoretical work geared toward the more exact requirements of current SFE applications.

PART 1: THEORY OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS Chaper 1 Thermodynamics of Solutions Near the Solvent's Critical Point Chaper 2 Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium and the Modified Leung-Griffiths Model Chaper 3 Molecular Analysis of Phase Equilibria in Supercritical Fluids Chaper 4 Fluctuation Theory of Sueprcritical Solutions Chaper 5 Application of Molecular Simulation to the Study of Supercritical Extraction Chaper 6 Transport Properties of Supercritical Fluids and Fluid Mixtures PART 2: EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND APPLICATIONS Chapter 7 Thermophysical Property data for Supercritical Extraction Design Chaper 8 Properties of Carbon Dioxide Rich Mixtures Chapter 9 Thermal Conductivity and Difffusivity in Supercritical Fluids Chapter 10 Mass Transfer in Supercritical Extraction from Solid Matrices Chapter 11 Design and Control of Supercritical Processes: A Review Chapter 12 Microemulsions in Near Critical and Supercritical Fluids Chapter 13 Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Retrograde Condensation (SFE/RC) Chapter 14 Supercritical Extraction in Environment Control Chapter 15 Reactions In and With Supercritical Fluids Chapter 16 A Summary of the Patent Literature of Supercritical Fluid Technology Index