You should have infinite chemical selectivity to aluminum. At 22 mtorr you're probably sputtering the aluminum. At higher pressure, e.g. 100 mtorr the aluminum should last forever. Titanium and a-si will likely etch in a fluorine based plasma at any pressure. >>> lbzhou@wri.com.cn 01/09/02 01:51AM >>> Dear everybody: I am use the unaxis-Nextral 860L equipment to etch 6-8um sio2 film now with the recipe:O2 10sccm,CHF3 80sccm,He 10sccm,rf power 250watt, UHF power 1800watt, pressure 22mtorr.but found the selectivity is very poor whatever the mask material is Aluminium!"Titanium or a-si.how to etch this sample with CHF3,can you give me some good advice.Thanking you in advance regards. Li-bing Zhou _______________________________________________ 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.mems-exchange.org/