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Subject: Re: Etchiing with CuCl2 + O2 ?

From: "grantfair2001" <grant.fair@...>
Date: 2005-02-21

Hi Adam -

An automated process would take the tedium and time out of it. But do
you know of sensors up to the job? A SG sensor might not be too hard
to improvise. But molarity?

Grant


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Adam Seychell <a_seychell@y...>
wrote:
> grantfair2001 wrote:
> >
> > A short PS to my last poat. When I started using this etchant in May
> > 2003 the SG was 1.245; as noted last post it is now 1.262.
> >
> > Gramt
>
> Thanks for the info. Its just that I've seen wide variations in etch
> performance with this etchant, so I'm just trying to nut out what makes
> it work. It seems S.G > 1.30 and acid > 1M. Might one day do a
series of
> controlled tests. 20 minutes sounds reasonable, for your setup.