MG Chemicals’ Ferric Chloride is a ready-to-use copper etchant solution for printed circuit board and photoengraving processes. Ferric chloride etching can be done on a variety of metals.

Applications and Uses

• Etching copper, brass, bronze, Damascus steel, stainless steel
• PCB fabrication
• Jewelry making
• Metalsmithing
• Decorate art knives and other metalwork
• Steel sign acid etching
• Etching pattern welds
• Etching on stone surfaces
• Colorant in pit-firing some pottery
• Glass casting

Properties:

• Color: Dark red-brown
• Odor: Slight iron/acidic
• Solubility in Water: Soluble
• Evaporation Rate" >1 (ButAc=1)
• pH: <2
• Density: 0.79 g/mL
• Boiling Point: 110 °C