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I've done lithography in research settings. To me, the chemistry is the scariest. High voltages, high-power optics, vacuum systems, etc, all exist, too, but th
by ISL 6y ago
I've done lithography in research settings. To me, the chemistry is the scariest.
High voltages, high-power optics, vacuum systems, etc, all exist, too, but the risks associated with chemistry/process-gas accidents are perhaps the greatest.
As a teaser, HF is used throughout the industry -- it is spooky stuff (and awesome at getting things done).
- tedsanders 6y agoSeconded. TMAH is particularly scary, though less common than HF. If enough splashes on your skin, you die. Highly toxic stuff.
- hectormalot 6y agoOff topic, but that reminded me of some horror stories from my chemistry days: Dimethylmercury able to kill through 2 drops absorbed through a latex glove: https://www.acsh.org/news/2016/06/06/two-drops-of-death-dimethylmercury https://www.acsh.org/news/2016/06/06/two-drops-of-death-dime... And of course the amazing series of ‘things I won’t work with’. E.g.: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/10/10/things_i_wont_work_with_peroxide_peroxides https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/10/10/th...