Black wax for KOH etching

[Mary Tang]

Hi Jun --

The manufacturer is Apeizon (www.apiezon.com).  Although black wax is 
approved for use in certain tools (like KOH etching, w/gold contaminated 
lab ware), the commonly used solvent for removal, Borothene, is not 
approved for use in the lab.  There are other solvents which are said to 
remove black wax which might meet with SpecMat approval.  If you wish to 
use black wax in the lab and be able to remove it here, please do suhmit 
a request to SpecMat and maybe we can design a procedure that is safe 
and effective for use in the lab.

Mary

Jun Zheng wrote:

> Hi, Everyone:
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>             I used to see people using black wax for protection during 
> KOH etching at 80C. Does anyone know the vendor and part number of 
> this black wax. If you know more detail, please let me know.
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>             Thanks!
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> Jun Zheng
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> Senior MEMS Engineer
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> RheoSense Inc.
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> (925)866-3802
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