Nitrogen is an effective supercritical fluid for extraction or drying processes due to its small molecular size, high density in the near-liquid supercritical regime, and chemical inertness. We present a supercritical nitrogen drying protocol for the purification treatment of reactive, porous materials.
Stadie, N. P., Callini, E., Mauron, P., Borgschulte, A., Züttel, A. Supercritical Nitrogen Processing for the Purification of Reactive Porous Materials. J. Vis. Exp. (99), e52817, doi:10.3791/52817 (2015).