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How to clean oxidized printed circuit boards
Some of my boards (they normally use batteries) shows traces of copper oxide.
How may I clean it, without damage to the printed circuit?
I'm an electronic designer - Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2005
2005
What has worked for me in the past is:
1) Soak in hot acid clean solution for 5 min. @125 F
2) Cascade rinse
3) Soak in a 10% solution of sulfuric acid for 2 min.
4) DI water rinse
5) Hot air dry immediately
If you don't have any of these chemicals in house you could try 50% white distilled vinegar
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Amazon [affil links] in DI water with a tablespoon of salt. You may have to use fine
00 steel wool
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Amazon [affil links] if the boards are heavily oxidized, rubbing in the direction of the circuits. Be sure to rinse and dry right away.
process engineer - Malone, New York
Hi Luis ,
you will find a less aggressive etch is to use either Ammonium persulphate at 50 -100 grams / litre or a similar strength of a DuPont product called OXONE which contains no ammonia
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eBay or
Amazon [affil links] . Both a safer to handle than Sulfuric acid . and provide a softer etch
regards,
John Tenison - Woods
- Victoria Australia
2005
Safe and good solution is ammonium citrate,5% pH 9.Take 1 lit water,50 gm citric acid ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] ,add some ammonia,until pH is 9 ). Good luck and hope it helps!
Goran Budija- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2005
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