hi Ivy, You can set the magnet bar below the water tank. You can also try to either circulate the KOH using a pump or to mix by bubling nitrogen thru the solution. Keep an eye on the thickness of the beaker walls - it's going to thin down in few months. Shay Liwei Wang wrote: > Dear all: > > I am setting up a KOH etching station right now for deep etching Si > (etch through the 500um wafer).I plan to have a constant temperature > bath, a beaker, and a nice wafer holder to protect the backside of the > film. my concern will be that do I need to have a magnetic stir set up > in this KOH etching system? because it will be at least 10 hours > etching, if so, how I gonna make it work? Put a magnetic plate in the > water bath? or underneath the whole bath? does anyone have any > experience or suggestions? > > Thank you so much in advance. > Wish everybody have a nice weekend. > > Ivy > > _______________________________________________ > MEMS-talk@memsnet.org mailing list: to unsubscribe or change your list > options, visit http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk > Hosted by the MEMS Exchange, providers of MEMS processing services. > Visit us at http://www.memsnet.org/