Wet ashing is about that MOST FOOLISH method you can use for reducing the epoxy of IC chips to ash
In other words --- only a FOOL !!!! would use wet ashing as a method for processing IC chips
Can you find videos of people doing it ? - yes --- that doesn't mean they are smart when in FACT it is the most STUPID method of reducing epoxy to ash I can think of
Let me put it this way --- just because you watch a video of someone running in front of speeding cars - doesn't mean its a good idea & therefore you should run out in front of speeding cars to
For what it's worth - when I first heard about wet ashing (many years ago) I tried it (once) just to see how well it worked - my conclusion - it IS the MOST FOOLISH method you can use & only a FOOL would use this method
Though you may get away with it in the short term (a few times) sooner or later - using it as a "go to method" WILL at some point in time
HURT YOU :!: :!: :!:
Burning (incineration) the IC chips is the only real way to deal with reducing epoxy chips to ash
You can burn them anyway you want - BUT - there are dangers to burning IC chips also so you need to be aware of the dangers of burning IC chips
In other words there are right ways & wrong ways for burning IC chip --- but even burning them by wrong ways is FAR better then wet ashing
Here is just "some" of what I have posted concerning incinerating IC chips
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Separating all metals from carbon and organics
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What about beryllium in IC chips
Kurt