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20090157229 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLATING SOLUTION ANALYSIS AND CONTROL - A plating system comprises a plating solution and an apparatus for control of the plating solution, the apparatus including a Raman spectrometer for measurement of organic components, a visible light spectrometer for measurement of metallic components, and a pH probe. The plating solution can be sampled continuously or at intervals. Dosing of the plating solution adjusts for components consumed or lost in the plating process. The method of dosing is based on maintaining a desired composition of the plating solution. | 06-18-2009 |
20090253262 | ELECTROLESS PLATING SYSTEM - An electroless plating system includes a plating solution, and controlling reducing agents in the plating solution for deposition over outlier features smaller than about five hundred nanometers and isolated by about one thousand nanometers. | 10-08-2009 |
20090288593 | ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION SYSTEM - An electroless deposition system includes a deposition solution, and saturating the deposition solution with an oxygen concentration in a range from about two thousand parts per million to about twenty thousand parts per million. | 11-26-2009 |
20090288688 | NON-CORROSIVE CHEMICAL RINSE SYSTEM - A rinse system including providing a chemical rinse including a corrosion inhibitor, and rinsing a wafer with the chemical rinse reducing defects on silicon and a dielectric, and maintaining integrity of a metal. | 11-26-2009 |
20110135824 | Electroless Deposition System - An electroless deposition method includes providing a deposition solution, and saturating the deposition solution with an oxygen concentration in a range from about two thousand parts per million to about twenty thousand parts per million, and replenishing deionized water in the deposition solution. | 06-09-2011 |
20110214608 | Electroless Plating System - An electroless plating system includes a plating solution, and controlling reducing agents in the plating solution for deposition over outlier features smaller than about five hundred nanometers and isolated by about one thousand nanometers. | 09-08-2011 |
20130337602 | Sputtering Target Including a Feature to Reduce Chalcogen Build Up and Arcing on a Backing Tube - A sputtering target has a cylindrical backing tube having two edges and a sidewall comprising a middle portion located between two end portions. The sputtering material is on the backing tube. The sputtering material does not cover at least one end portion of the backing tube. The sputtering target also has a feature which prevents or reduces at least one of chalcogen buildup and arcing at the at least one end portion of the backing tube not covered by the sputtering material. | 12-19-2013 |
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20100063245 | Semi-Crystalline Semi-Aromatic Polyamide - The invention relates to a semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide comprising A-A-B-B units derived from (a) dicarboxylic acids consisting of a mixture of aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and (b) diamines consisting of a mixture of long chain aliphatic diamine and short chain aliphatic diamine, wherein (a-i) the aromatic dicarboxylic acid consists for at least 80 mole % of terephthalic acid, and (a-ii) the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid constitutes at least 5 mole % of the dicarboxylic acids, (b-i) the short chain aliphatic diamine constitutes at least 10 mole % of the diamines, and (c) the aromatic dicarboxylic acid and the long chain aliphatic diamine constitute 60-90 mole % of the total molar amount of dicarboxylic acids and diamines. | 03-11-2010 |
20140275385 | HEAT STABILIZED MOULDING COMPOSITION - A thermostabilized thermoplastic moulding composition includes a) a thermoplastic polyamide composition which consists of a blend of at least two polyamides. The at least two polyamides include a1) at least 50 mass %, relative to the total mass of the thermoplastic polyamide composition, of a first polyamide (PA-1) selected from the group consisting of polyamide-4,6, polyamide-6,6 and semi-aromatic polyamides and mixtures thereof; and a2) an amount of 1-50 mass %, relative to the total mass of the thermoplastic polyamide composition, of a second polyamide (PA-2) selected from the group consisting of polyamide-6 and copolymers thereof. The composition also contains b) 0.001-3 mass %, relative to the total mass of the thermoplastic polyamide composition, of a copper salt; and c) 0.01-10 mass %, relative to the total mass of the thermoplastic polyamide composition, of iron oxide. The moulding composition exhibits reduced deterioration when exposed to an elevated temperature of 230° C. for a prolonged time period of 1000 hours as compared to an identical moulding composition including a Cul/KI stabilization system but not including the iron oxide. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288224 | HEAT STABILIZED MOULDING COMPOSITION - Non-fibrous-reinforced thermoplastic moulding compositions comprising a metal powder as a heat stabilizer are provided. The metal powder has a weight average particle size (dm) of at most 1 mm and the metal in the metal powder is selected from the group consisting of elementary metals from Group VB, VIIB, VIIB and VIIIB of the Periodic Table, and mixtures thereof. A thermoplastic polyamide is also provided with an Mw of at most 50,000 g/mol, or a blend of at least two thermoplastic polymers with Tmelt or Tg differing by at least 20° C., or a second thermostabilizer. The invention also relates to the use of these compositions in high temperature applications. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100270577 | PLASTIC COMPONENT FOR A LIGHTING SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a plastic component for use in a lighting system, the plastic component comprising a semi-aromatic polyamide (X) comprising repeat units derived from aliphatic diamines and dicarboxylic acids wherein: (a) the aliphatic diamines consist a mixture of 10-70 mole % of a short chain aliphatic diamine with 2-5 C atoms and 30-90 mole % of a long chain aliphatic diamine with at least 6 C atoms; (b) the dicarboxylic acids consist of a mixture of 5-65 mole % aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and optionally aromatic dicarboxylic acid other than terephthalic acid, and 35-95 mole % terephthalic acid; and (c) the combined molar amount of terephthalic acid and the long chain aliphatic diamine is at least 60 mole %, relative to the total molar amount of the dicarboxylic acids and diamines. The invention also relates to a polymer composition that can be used for making the said plastic component comprising 100 pbw of a semi-aromatic polyamide (X) and 1-250 pbw of an inorganic material. | 10-28-2010 |
20100305217 | HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMBRANE - The invention relates to a micro-porous membrane comprising a porous membrane carrier made of a first polymeric material (A) and comprising a second polymeric material (B) intimately divided throughout the porous membrane carrier, wherein the porous membrane carrier comprises a plurality of interconnected polymeric fibers, fibrils, filaments and/or lamellae having a thickness of less than 1 μm, the porous membrane carrier has an interconnected open porous structure formed by the plurality of interconnected polymeric fibers, fibrils, filaments and/or lamellae and a porosity of at least 50%; and the polymeric material (B) comprises a thermoplastic polycondensation polymer and is present in an amount of at most 30 wt. %, relative to the total weight of (A) and (B). The invention also relates to a process for preparing such a micro-porous membrane comprising steps wherein (i) a porous membrane carrier made of a first polymeric material (A) is impregnated with a polymer solution comprising a second polymeric material (B) in a solvent system (X), and (ii) the resulting impregnated membrane carrier is quenched in a non-solvent system (Y), thereby precipitating at least part of the second polymeric material (B). | 12-02-2010 |
20110037552 | POLYAMIDE COMPOSITIONS AND BOBBINS MADE THEREOF - The invention relates to a bobbin for an electrical coil comprising an plastic core made of an electrically insulating plastic material and to a polyamide composition that can be used as the electrically insulating plastic material in the bobbin, comprising a semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide comprising units derived from aliphatic diamines consisting of a mixture of 10-70 mole % of a short chain aliphatic diamine with 2-5 C atoms and 30-90 mole % of a long chain aliphatic diamine with at least 6 C atoms; and units derived from dicarboxylic acids consisting of a mixture of 5-65 mole % aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and 35-95 mole % aromatic dicarboxylic acid comprising terephthalic acid, and wherein the combined molar amount of terephthalic acid and the long chain aliphatic diamine is at least 60 mole %, relative to the total molar amount of the dicarboxylic acids and diamines. The invention also relates to an electrical coil comprising the bobbin and an electrically conductive winding around the core of the bobbin. | 02-17-2011 |
20120094102 | TRANSPARENT FILMS - The invention relates to an optically transparent polymer film or extrudate product made of a polymer composition comprising a semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting temperature of at least 270° C. or a blend of the semi-crystalline polyamide (A) and a second polymer (B), and optionally at least one additive, wherein the semi-crystalline polyamide (A) is present in an amount of more than 50 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the polymer composition, the polymer composition in the optically transparent polymer film or extrudate product has a melting temperature (Tm-C) in the range of 270-340 ° C., and wherein the film or a part of the extrudate product has a haze of less than 12% and a light transmittance, of at least 88% measured with the method according to ASTM D1003A. | 04-19-2012 |
20120145632 | ELECTROSPINNING OF POLYAMIDE NANOFIBERS - The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyamide nanofibers by electrospinning, wherein the process is a multi-nozzle electrospinning process with the use of a multi-nozzle device or a nozzle-free electrospinning with the use of nozzle free device, comprising steps wherein a high voltage is applied, a polymer solution comprising a polymer and a solvent is fed to the multi-nozzle device or the nozzle free device and transformed under the influence of the high voltage into charged jet streams the jet streams are deposited on a substrate or taken up by a collector, and the polymer in the jet streams solidifies thereby forming nanofibres, and wherein the polymer comprises a semi-crystalline polyamide having a C/N ratio of at most 5.5 and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at most 35,000. The invention also relates polyamide nanofibers made by the electrospinning process, as well as to products made thereof and use thereof. | 06-14-2012 |
20130150525 | SEMI-AROMATIC POLYAMIDE - The invention relates to a semi-aromatic polyamide, and a polyamide composition comprising the semi-aromatic polyamide, comprising a diamine component (a) comprising, based on the total number of moles of the diamine component (a): between 5 and 30 mole % of at least one C2-C5 diamine, between 5 and 30 mole % of at least one C7+ diamine, and between 45 and 90 mole % of a C6 diamine; and a dicaboxylic acid component (b) comprising, based on the total number of moles of the dicaboxylic acid component (b): at least 50 mole % of terephthalic acid and at most 50 mole % of another dicarboxylic acid. | 06-13-2013 |
20140135444 | TRANSPARENT FILMS - The invention relates to an optically transparent polymer film or extrudate product made of a polymer composition comprising a semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting temperature of at least 270° C. or a blend of the semi-crystalline polyamide (A) and a second polymer (B), and optionally at least one additive, wherein the semi-crystalline polyamide (A) is present in an amount of more than 50 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the polymer composition, the polymer composition in the optically transparent polymer film or extrudate product has a melting temperature (Tm-C) in the range of 270-340° C., and wherein the film or a part of the extrudate product has a haze of less than 12% and a light transmittance, of at least 88% measured with the method according to ASTM D1003A. | 05-15-2014 |