Bob (and others), I find that O2 plasma occasionally removes Cr and thin Au layers (~30 nm) in our Oxford Plasmalab 80 plus. I also use this chamber for SiNx etching with CF4. I was interested in your response to another thread that fluorine residues may be responsible for removing Cr- that may be what is happening to me. What do you recommend as a cleaning method? Our usual O2 / CF4 plasma clean doesn't seem appropriate in this case. Regards Jason Milne Microelectronics Research Group The University of Western Australia