<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues, </div><div><br></div><div>We recently had a request to deposit GdFeCo in one of our shared-use sputtering systems.  We have no experience with this material, and would appreciate any advice you could share.<br><br>The issue I've come across is a discrepancy between different SDSs for commercial Gd<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:sub">24</span></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fe</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:sub">68</span></span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Co</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:sub">8</span></span> sputtering targets.  One vendor's SDS indicated that the material was not classified as hazardous and had no special handling or storage considerations; another listed Category 1 respiratory and skin sensitisation, water reactivity, and storage under an inert atmosphere, presumably by combining the hazards listed for the individual elements.<br><br>Can anyone comment on the hazard and storage requirements of this material, especially in the context of an open-access facility ?  For our shared-used systems, targets are swapped weekly, and there is currently no provision at our facility to store the target in an inert, moisture-free environment when it is not in the system.  Is such inert storage necessary?  Many thanks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div><br></div><div> – Aaron</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><u style="font-size:x-small">  </u><span style="font-size:x-small">                                           </span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font size="1"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent">Aaron Hryciw, PhD, PEng</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent">Fabrication Group Manager</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">University of Alberta - nanoFAB</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">W1-060 ECERF Building</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">9107 - 116 Street</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Edmonton, Alberta</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Canada T6G 2V4 </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">     </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">                </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ph: 780-940-7938</span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://www.nanofab.ualberta.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nanofab.ualberta.ca</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,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