http://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/comment-page-1/#comment-39116 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:58:08 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/#comment-39116 I have some HCL lying around…

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/comment-page-1/#comment-39115 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:29:58 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/#comment-39115 I work in a failure analysis lab. we prefer fuming nitric acid for package removal. this does of course require the vapor hood and the exhaust scrubbers the building has since the vapors _will_ kill you. but for the home based analysis, this looks like a good way to go.

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/comment-page-1/#comment-39114 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:38:11 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/#comment-39114 In my highschool’s electron microscopy club, we managed to find a pre prepared sample in a ti brochure (it may have been another company, but I can’t remember). it was pretty cool. sadly I no longer have the image, and no way to get another copy since I’ve moved schools recently, but it was still totally awesome.

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