Copper Sulfate Pcb Etching

I used a concentration of 4 parts water to 1 part copper sulfate assuming 1 kilo being one litre.

Copper sulfate pcb etching.

That s the end etchant. The electrolyt a traditional substance for eletric etching of copper and zinc seems to be copper sulfate. A quick guide on how i go about mixing and etching with copper sulphate. The copper sulfate saline etch is a salt based etching mordant designed for silvery metals such as aluminum zinc and mild steel as a replacement to fredhard kiekeban s ferric chloride based edinborough etch used for etching materials such as copper and brass.

Copper sulfate is defined as an irritant but can be bought online. Cucl2 cu 2 cucl. After you ve dissolved a lot of copper into the solution and used up all the peroxide the copper chloride does most of the etching for you. Copper ii sulfate also known as copper sulphate are the inorganic compounds with the chemical formula cu so 4 h 2 o x where x can range from 0 to 5 the pentahydrate x 5 is the most common form.

It easily dissolves in water to a nice blue liquid. Older names for this compound include blue vitriol bluestone vitriol of copper and roman vitriol. In this video i etched a gift for my good friend the beard x16. The pentahydrate cuso 4 5h 2 o the most commonly encountered salt is bright blue.

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