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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans Niederprum, Monheim, DT;
Heinz Gunter Klein, Cologne, DT;
Johann-Nikolaus Meussdoerffer, Blecher, DT;
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156663 ; 156903 ; 252 793 ; 252 794 ;
Abstract
In the etching of glass wherein glass is contacted with an aqueous etching bath containing hydrofluoric acid, and the glass is thereafter removed from the bath and rinsed, the improvement which comprises dissolving in the etching bath an acid-resistant wetting agent. Preferably the wetting agent contains fluorine, e.g. a perfluoralkane sulfonic acid quaternary ammonium salt, a perfluoralkane carboxylic acid salt, an alkoxylation product of a perfluoralkane sulfonamide, or the like.