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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon" <leon355@...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard" <hj.payne@...>
> To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:53 PM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] HELP: Ammonium persulfate
>
>
> > Hi all
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> >
> > Now i have been out of making Projects and PCB'S for some yrs now
> > and have just got back into doing it, god what have i missed ?.
> >
> > I need to make about 3 ltrs of this to use in my PA104 etch tank.
> > Now my dad used to use this stuff ages ago (15yrs), but sadley
> > he's no longer with us!. I think as i can remember he used to put
> > a bit of salt in his mix, to give it a bit of a kick!!.
> >
> > Anyway what i am wanting to know is, how meny grams of Ammonium
> > persulfate do i mix to 3 ltrs of water, to etch Fotoboard 2 pcb ?
> >
> > Also is caustic soda ok to use as a developer for Fotoboard 2 ?
> > and to make 1 ltr how meny grams to mix with water ?.
>
> I used ammonium persulphate may years ago, but I've forgotten the
> concentration. I used to add some salt to speed it up. I think
that mercuric
> chloride was recommended as a catalyst, but it's very toxic.
>
> 12 g /litre of NaOH is what I use for developing Fotoboard 2 (it's
about two
> teaspoons).
>
> Leon
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Hi
Please forgiv me but what is NaOH ?
Howard
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