Preface
This book is about the applications of supercritical fluids (SCFs) that involve the use of metal complexes consisting of organometallic compounds and chelate complexes. I first got involved in this field in 1989 at Texas A&M University as a postdoctoral research associate under the guidance of the late Prof. Aydin Akgerman after completion of my Ph.D. thesis. I had just started working on a research project on the removal of polyaromatic hydrocarbons from soil using SCF extraction. One day while I was sitting down in my office in front of my computer, an idea crossed my mind. I asked myself if it would be possible to remove toxic metals from wastewater by SCF extraction. Would it be possible to form metal complexes in the water which ...
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