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Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Dr.IC on 13/03/2009 02:26:42
Is there any acid which reacts with glass, and it should not react with metal and SiO2.

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Title: Re: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Kryptid on 13/03/2009 03:03:50
I think that most glass made for windows is composed chiefly of silica, so you're out of luck in finding something that'll react with the glass but not the silica. However, some impurities in the glass might make it more or less reactive to certain acids than pure silica.

Technically, however, a glass is any solid material that does not have a regular crystalline structure. So you could have a glass made of many different materials and not just silica.

Hydrogen fluoride will react with both glass and silica. The result of the reaction is water and silicon tetrafluoride.
Title: Re: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Dr.IC on 13/03/2009 03:42:54
glass is used as protective shield for die(Integrated Chip). Is there any way to do this.
Title: Re: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Chemistry4me on 13/03/2009 04:17:36
I would think hydrofluoric acid too.
Or if you're being adventurous and have advanced equipment, perhaps some elemental fluorine? [:)]

http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0960-1317/17/2/026/
Title: Re: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: lightarrow on 13/03/2009 12:59:56
glass is used as protective shield for die(Integrated Chip). Is there any way to do this.
Glass of which kind? There are thousands. However, if it's "commom" glass it's impossible to dissolve it without dissolving SiO2.
Title: Re: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Dr.IC on 16/03/2009 04:07:47
Sorry i dont have any idea about glass material, but its used in semiconductor chip.
Title: Re: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Raghavendra on 16/03/2009 06:39:21
 hello hello hello  [:o)]
   What a genious question? My mom would say that " Thinking has no limit " But my law it has " Difference "

     My answer to the question? Do you know what is acid ! How acid forms? You should know that Hydrogen does not react with gass in the solid state ?
 But when you heat a glass " The molten with forms " Does/doesn't react with glass, depending upon, which type of glass is made up of :-
 
     Water is also highly acidic in nature ! but we can't say it is acid! Depending upon the type and variation and nature of solution!!!

   But if you want reaction b/w acid and glass, for the result you have to wait for a million's of year !  [:o]

Good Luck Buddy [:)]

I think you must know about

1} Crystalls solids
2} Amorphous solids

They both have different characters
And there physical properties and etc. etc. etc....

 Also Rate of reaction , Remember ,,, We simply can't say it react's or not you have too !!!!

Byeeeee

Title: Re: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Dr.IC on 16/03/2009 06:53:49
Sorry dude, i dont have much knowledge about chem, am an electronics guy. 12th was last i studied chem, now trying to explore more. i dont remember the chem classes and theory too. if you have some stuffs where i can start my chem again please mail to chandan_ug@yahoo.co.in , this will be great help to me.
Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: lightarrow on 16/03/2009 16:30:21
Sorry i dont have any idea about glass material, but its used in semiconductor chip.
Are you sure it's used in chips? Aren't you talking, maybe, about the green fiberglass used as rest for electronic circuits? (I don't know, just asking).
Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: lightarrow on 16/03/2009 16:45:06
My answer to the question? Do you know what is acid ! How acid forms? You should know that Hydrogen does not react with gass in the solid state ?
What does it mean?

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But when you heat a glass " The molten with forms " Does/doesn't react with glass, depending upon, which type of glass is made up of :-
What does it mean?

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Water is also highly acidic in nature !
What does it mean?

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But if you want reaction b/w acid and glass, for the result you have to wait for a million's of year !  [:o]
What does it mean?

Have you ever seen HF reacting with glass? Maybe a video could enlighten you:
Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Bored chemist on 16/03/2009 20:48:09
This seems a very long thread considering that the answer is "No".
Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Dr.IC on 17/03/2009 05:48:05
Ya, its used in chip,
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Top layer is glass, middle laser consists of circuit, that is filled one.  I want to reach the circuit creating window and, circuit has SiO2, i dont want to disturb that.
Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Chemistry4me on 20/03/2009 07:38:38
How can you get an answer if the glass material is not known?
Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Dr.IC on 20/03/2009 07:54:52
I will try to get device data sheet.
Title: Is there any acid which reacts with glass, but not with other substances?
Post by: Bored chemist on 24/03/2009 19:33:29
When it comes down to it there's only 2 acid that react with most glass  HF does so readily and hot phosphoric acid will sort of do so too.
Both of these react with other substances- for example they will both react with sodium carbonate.
Therefore, as I said a while back, the answer to the question is "No".

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