Monday 28 December 2015

physical chemistry - Supercritical fluids polarity


Water is a polar solvent, but in the supercritical fluid state, it is much less polar, I presume because of the cleavage of hydrogen bonds. On the other hand, carbon dioxide is non-polar, but as a supercritical fluid it is more polar. Why is this so?




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