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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
John L Cordani, Waterbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
MacDermid, Incorporated, Waterbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ; C23F / ; C23C / ; C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156642 ; 156656 ; 156666 ; 156345 ; 204106 ; 204237 ;
Abstract
A process is described for the direct electrolytic regeneration of chloride-based ammoniacal copper etchants without generating any significant amount of gaseous chlorine. The electrolysis is carried out using an etch resistant metal cathode and an anode which can be carbon, or an etch resistant metal optionally coated with a noble metal oxide. The process can be adapted to a closed loop system for maintaining at a substantially constant level the amount of copper present in an operating ammoniacal chloride etchant bath.