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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] effect of etchants on stainless steel?

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-02-12

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:16:34 +1100, Anthony Shipman <als@...>
wrote:

>
> Is stainless steel safe with any of the common etchants such as ferric
> chloride or ammonium persulphate?


You can find chemical compatibility pages in the links section, i think in
the tank construction folder.
stainless steel doesn't work with HCl (cucl) but does work with the
sulphuric acid variations. Dunno about the other etchants.


ST