Dear Sujatha, could you explain better the procedure you follow to prepare BHF ? What do you mean with "filtering the NH4F and DI water solution" ? I don't filter the NH4F solution: we bought an already prepared solution of NHF4 from sigma-aldrich. Best regards, Andrea > Dear Friend, > Are you filtering the NH4F and DI water solution or not? > We are filtering the solution and then mixing the resultant soln. with HF > acc. > to our concen. requirement. We have not faced any problems. > Try it. > With good luck, > Sujatha