I came across this thread.
What value did you find for Poisson's ratio for silicon?
I'm looking at wafer deformations.

Thanks,
Rich Buckley
Norton Electronics
rich.f.buckley@sgcna.com




From:           oster@madonna.mit.edu 
To:             MEMS@ISI.EDU 
Date:           Thu, 13 Apr 1995 17:35:57 -0400
Subject:                Re: Young's modulus for (110) silicon
A good reference for Silicon Young's Modulus:
        J.J. Wortman and R. A. Evans, "Youngs' Modulus, Shear Modulus and
Poisson's Ratio in Silicon and Germanium", J. Applied Physics, Vol. 36, No.
1, Jan, 1965, pp 153-156.
Thanks,
Peter Osterberg