You also need to keep the SF6 delivery pipe warm, using a heated blanket, to reduce the SF6 from condensing in the pipe, because of low V.P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Silveira"To: "General MEMS discussion" Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [mems-talk] SF6 / BCl3 issue > John, > > The BCl3 I understand the SF6 not so much. The BCl3 is a toxic and > corrosive > gas with a low vapor pressure. To facilitate BCl3 you will need a gas > cabinet with gas detection, sub-atmospheric regulator, temperature > controlled gas lines and or the delivery system installed very close to > the > tool (i.e. in the clean room.) > > Good luck with facilities and safety. > > Regards, > Glenn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Montoya [mailto:redshift@unm.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:38 PM > To: mems-talk@memsnet.org > Subject: [mems-talk] SF6 / BCl3 issue > > > Hello everyone. > > I am trying to perform a selective GaAs / AlGaAs etch. I > recently put in a request to my cleanroom manager to > incorporate SF6 and BCl3 onto our PlasmaTherm SLR750 > series ICP/RIE machine. For some unexplained reason, I > was denied from putting SF6 and BCl3 onto our machine. > Does anyone know of any safety or contamination issues > associated with these two gases? Please help. > > Sincerely, > John > _______________________________________________ > Hosted by the MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange, the country's leading > provider of MEMS and Nanotechnology design and fabrication services. > Visit us at http://www.mems-exchange.org > > Want to advertise to this community? See http://www.memsnet.org > > To unsubscribe: > http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk >