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Ethane in three forms: subcritical, critical and supercritical. Dr. Sven Horstmann

Explainer: what is a supercritical fluid?

When we boil a kettle, we observe what scientists call a phase transition: the water changes from being a liquid to a gas as water becomes less dense. One litre of water boils to give about 1,000 litres…
Doesn’t look exotic, but it could. richard_jones

Scientists make exotic chemicals from salt, rewrite textbooks

Everything around you is made of elements that scientists have studied in quite some detail over the last 200 years. But all that understanding breaks down when these elements are subjected to high pressure…

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