PMMA 2% 950k and 5% 495k missing BRING THEM BACK! + ANOTHER NOTE ON ESPACER.

[James W. Conway]

  All Ebeam Lab Users:

A number of Ebeam Resist have disappeared in the lab this week.  I 
closely monitor usage of these materials and its all inventoried as it 
comes into the stockroom, when stocked and disposed of, as it moved in 
and out of the clean room.  These bottles of expensive engineering 
materials have not reappeared and are now presumed stolen.  Today I 
searched the entire lab and located many missing items from the past, 
but sadly not the PMMAs.

Missing is a near full bottle 250 ml bottle of 5% 495K PMMA in Anisole 
from Microchem.
Missing is a 200 ml volume of 2% 950K PMMA in Anisole from Microchem.
Missing is a 120 ml of 1% dilution of 2% 950K PMMA in Anisole from 
Microchem labeled with James Conway - LLNL June 2009
Missing is 500 ml bottle of a custom formulation of MMA: MAA monomer in 
a brown glass jar labeled COPOLYMER MMA: MAA 0.2% by microresist.de.
Also missing and very strange to discover the expired bottle of 9% 950K 
MW PMMA in Anisole from Microchem


If a User removed these materials from the SNF clean room, please return 
them immediately.  If a bottle was finished, but the bottle not disposed 
of in the normal hazardous waste pass through,  please send me an email.

Users are reminded that no SNF or personal engineering materials are to 
be removed from the lab.  If you need to take a sample of a material for 
evaluation, or wish to transport any amount of chemicals or engineering 
materials outside the clean room you must have approval.

This has caused a disruption to the schedule the last two days as many 
users were not able to coat their samples with suitable resist 
overnight.   Please keep your eyes open for these materials and assist 
in getting them back.

ANOTHER NOTE REGARDING ESPACER 300Z -- USERS OF ESPACER ARE FIRMLY 
REMINDED TO REPLACE THE MATERIAL BACK INTO THE REFRIGERATOR UPON 
DISPENSING ON YOUR WAFERS.  THIS MATERIAL MUST REMAIN COLD BELOW 5 
DEGREES C. IN ORDER TO REMAIN VIABLE. TWICE THIS WEEK I HAVE FOUND THE 
BOTTLE LEFT ON THE HEADWAY OR IN THE CHEMICAL CARTS.  THIS IS TOTALLY 
UNACCEPTABLE.

Thank you for your support!   Have a nice weekend...


James Conway


On 7/26/2010 5:52 PM, Krishna Coimbatore Balram wrote:
> I checked the chemicals cabinet, the resist cabinet in litho and the carts but was unable to locate them
>
> If anyone knows where the bottles might be, please let me know.
>
> Thanks
>
> Krishna
>
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