<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hello Bruce</div><div>Same here too! I have operated, repaired several early Varian implanters between 1980-1995. We didn't use Fomblin and we didn't have any particular problems even under heavy usage. This may be a mismatch with Fomblin and parts of an older type pump. </div>
<div>Volkan<div><br></div><div>Volkan Ozguz</div><div>Sabanci Univ</div><div>Nanotechnology Research and Application Center</div><div>Tel: 90 216 483 9834</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:vozguz@sabanciuniv.edu">vozguz@sabanciuniv.edu</a></div>
<div><br></div></div><div><br>On 7 Haz 2014, at 15:31, "Luciani, Vincent" <<a href="mailto:Vincent.Luciani@nist.gov">Vincent.Luciani@nist.gov</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div>John may have something there. I was the caretaker of an ion implanter for over 10 years using the same fluorides with a DP and a wet pump with "white oil" . It was used heavily and the pumps lasted many years at a time. Not an explanation but a similar
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On Jun 6, 2014, at 7:27 PM, "John Shott" <<a href="mailto:shott@stanford.edu">shott@stanford.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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While it has been a number of years, we used to have a Varian 350D in which we ran phospine, arsine and boron trifluoride. It also had a DP on the source that was backed by a little 5.6 CFM (as I recall) Alcatel mechanical pump. To the best of my knowledge,
however, I don't think that we ever ran Fomblin in that pump. I think that we always ran it only on normal hydrocarbon "white" oil. My recollection, however, was that we only changed oil in the backing pump every 4-6 months and used to get years of life
out of it. We used to change pump oil when that little pump couldn't hold the foreline pressure lower than about 30 microns of mercury. I may be able to dig up some old logs to confirm that those numbers are about right.<br>
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I also vaguely recall that we tried using Fomblin in a pump on a LPCVD nitride system at one point, got some sort of crystallization in that .... and went back to hyrdocarbon oil. Note: we DO use Fomblin in most of our pumps that are still wet pumps so I
am not "anti-Fomblin" in any way.<br>
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Hopefully someone who is a bit more of a chemist than I may be able to comment ... but I think that it may be worth asking the question: is Fomblin the best fluid to use in this application.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/6/2014 4:44 AM, Bruce Tolleson wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a Varian 350D Ion Implanter. We are using Phosphine and Boron-tri-fluoride in our processes with a diffusion pumped source and a wet backing pump (Fomblin serviced). We have noticed over the years that our wet pump will only
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there anyone out there that is using this tool or this process that has had or is having this issue and has rectified it?
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