supercritical

super·criti·cal (so̵̅o̅′pər krit′i kəl)

adjective

Chem. designating or of a fluid at a temperature greater than its critical temperature
Nuclear Physics designating or of a highly unstable mass of fissionable material in which the total number of free neutrons and the rate of fission increase with time

Modifies a noun

bifurcation: In both cases, the stable solutions emanating from supercritical pitchfork bifurcations underwent period-doubling cascades leading to chaos.
fluid: These groundbreaking studies could see supercritical fluids spearheading a truly green alternative for the global chemical industry.
dioxide: Clean technologies, including use of supercritical carbon dioxide in polymer technologies.
extraction: A supercritical fluid extraction ( SFE ) method for the extraction of bile acids from feces is described.
boiler: Current systems, called advanced supercritical boilers, have an efficiency level of around 42 % .
technology: The 5 papers on supercritical fluid technology, 6 papers on architectural uses and 6 papers on surface fluorination are of particular interest.

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