Supercrit ical FIuid

Extraction
Principles and Practice
2ND EDITION

Mark A. McHugh
Department of Chemical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Val J. Krukonis
Phasex Corporation

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McHugh, Mark A.
Supercritical fluid extraction : principles and practice / Mark A.
McHugh, Val J. Krukonis. - 2nd ed.
p. cm. - (Butterworth-Heinemann series in chemical
engineering)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7506-9244-8
1. Supercritical fluid extraction. I. Krukonis, Val J.
11. Title. 111. Series.
TF'156.E8M39 1993
660' ,284248-4~20
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