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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Etching Chemicals

From: Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@...>
Date: 2004-01-07

Stefan Trethan wrote:
>>Yes, you cannot electroplate without chlorine gas evolving from the
>>anode. You need carbon anodes, not even platinum will survive. I've read
>>about a boron doped conductive diamond film anodes that work ok with
>>chlorine.
>
>
> :-) nice expensive i guess this diamond film anodes, but say, are diamonds
> conductive? i know they are carbon but wouldn't have thought of...
>

Don't know who's making them commercially, but if you want to
make your own just follow these easy instructions, :)

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/ac/97/oct/boron.html