The temperature and pressure at which the liquid and vapour intensive properties (density,
heat capacity, etc.) become equal. It is the highest temperature (
critical temperature) and pressure (
critical pressure) at which both a gaseous and a liquid phase of a given compound can coexist.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167
(Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990))
on page 2183
PAC, 1993, 65, 2397
(Nomenclature for supercritical fluid chromatography and extraction (IUPAC Recommendations
1993))
on page 2399
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
