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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Heated etchant rocks!

From: Adam Seychell <a_seychell@...>
Date: 2007-05-18

DJ Delorie wrote:
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> Today I remembered to heat my etchant. I just ran hot tap water into
> a large container, and floated the FeCl container in it.
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I put the FeCl3 etchant directly in the microwave oven. Much more
efficient in both time and energy. Strangely, the liquid does not seem
to be conductive enough to cause excessive localized heating on the
plasticware.

Adam