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Method of etching circuit boards and recovering copper from the spent etch solutions

US4378270A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1981
Grant dateMar 29, 1983
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC25C1/12
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of etching copper with a hydrogen peroxide-sulfuric acid etchant containing an acid soluble phosphonic acid in the manufacture of electronic circuits utilizing a masked copper surface and to a method of recovering the copper from the spent etch solution by electrolysis in solid continuous form saleable as electrolytic copper.

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