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A supercritical fluid forms at high pressures and high [[temperature]]s, when a substance no longer has a distinction between a [[liquid]] and a [[gas]]. For example, a supercritical fluid is compressible (like a liquid) but takes the shape of the container (like a gas).  The point on the [[phase diagram]] where a supercritical fluid forms is called the critical point.
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A '''supercritical fluid''' forms at high [[pressure]]s and high [[temperature]]s, when a substance no longer has a distinction between a [[liquid]] and a [[gas]]. The point on the [[phase diagram]] where a supercritical fluid forms is called the [[critical point]].
  
 
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Revision as of 04:35, October 5, 2007

A supercritical fluid forms at high pressures and high temperatures, when a substance no longer has a distinction between a liquid and a gas. The point on the phase diagram where a supercritical fluid forms is called the critical point.