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Corrosion Protection

0.5-1.5mil film thickness changes after 90 minutes immersed in kinds of solvent at room temperature(measured by infrared method)
 
solvent Parylene Thickness Variations(%)
Parylene N Parylene C Parylene D
Isopropyl alcohol 0.3 0.1 0.1
Isooctane 0.2 0.4 0.3
pyridine 0.2 0.5 0.5
Mixed xylene 1.4 2.3 1.1
Trichloroethylene(TCE) 0.5 0.8 0.8
Chlorobenzene 1.1 1.5 1.5
Dichlorobenzene 0.2 3 1.8
Trichlorodifluoroethane 0.2 0.2 0.2
Acetone 0.3 0.9 0.4
A ketone of glutaric 0.6 1.2 1.4
Deionized water 0 0 0
 

0.5-1.5mil film thickness changes after 90 minutes immersed in kinds of reagent at room temperature(measured by infrared method)
 
Reagent Concentration Parylene Thickness Variations(%)
Parylene N Parylene C Parylene D
Hydrochloric acid 10% 0 0 0.1
Concentrated hydrochloric acid 37% 0.2 0 0.5
Sulfuric acid 10% 0.1 0.3 0.2
Concentrated sulfuric acid 95-98% 0.2 0.4 0.8
Nitric acid 10% 0.1 0.1 0.2
Concentrated nitric acid 71% 0.2 0.2 0.5
Chromic acid 10% 0.1 0.1 0.1
Concentrated chromic acid 74% 0.3 0 0.2
Strong base (sodium hydroxide) 10% 0.1 0 0.1
Weak base (ammonium hydroxide) 10% 0.3 0.2 0.1