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From: "YD" <yd_br@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:17 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Ferric Chloride - Alternatives


> If you "revigorate" it with a slug of HCl after etching a board or two,
> over time the Fe will oxidise and settle as insoluble FeO. Then just
> decant it. That's how I quite unintentionally converted from FeCl to CuCl.
> Didn't dawn on me until I started looking at the chemistries involved.

Are you sure? I use HCl to remove the sludge that tends to accumulate when
using FeCl3, it doesn't precipitate FeO.

Leon
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