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Monochrome sensor conversion... seeking advise

Started Nov 7, 2016 | Discussions thread
petrochemist Veteran Member • Posts: 3,619
Re: Monochrome sensor conversion... seeking advise

BobORama wrote:

Confession: The last time I had to do this was 10 years ago. So maybe dated info. But this is a no-harm, no foul "better living through chemistry" method that may help.

Acetone, benzene, gasoline, zylene paint thinners will dissolve several of the classes of polymers that microlenses lenses and CFA resist material are made from. It will not attack the underlying silicon substrate or SiO later that may also have been applied as a hard coating.

Benzene is a very nasty chemical to play with - very carcinogenic, so that It's concentration in many hydrocarbons is controlled to under 1ppm.

Toluene or Xylene (not zylene) are better options - and definitely do it in a well ventilated location, all of them have health hazards. Gasoline is probably more easily available and will typically contain about 30% of either Toluene or Xylene.

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