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Subject: Re: Etching Titanium (was Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Harbor Freight Laminator)

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?I=F1igo?= <InigoFS@...>
Date: 2011-10-26

Forgot about HF. It can kill you quite easily.

2011/10/26 David Griffith <dgriffi@...>

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> On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, Donald H Locker wrote:
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> > I'll let you know when I figure out a safe one. I believe HydroFluoric
> > (HF) acid etches it quite well, but is extremely hazardous to handle.
> > Most of the formulae I've seen use HF and H2O2. Sorry to all that we've
> > wandered a bit off-topic.
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> If you're interested in pursuing Ti etching, try a mechanical approach.
> Suppose we put a pattern on a sheet of thin rubber, then dissolve away
> what we don't want. Use that rubber as a mask for sandblasting.
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