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<div dir="auto">Apologies for sending this email without letting my brain finish recovering from my recent cold, and kudos to Tom Eken for pointing out my error. I have the concentrations in nitrogen and argon reversed. Above 5.5% in nitrogen is flammable and
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 29, 2024 4:35:11 PM<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I can’t offer anything with regards to the efficacy of a given percentage of hydrogen for the semiconductor annealing benefits, but one other item to consider is that hydrogen greater than 2.9% in nitrogen
is rated as flammable, while you can go up to 5.9% in argon and still remain nonflammable. Depending on your local fire codes and regulations, that may make a difference.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Additionally, some researchers prefer argon over nitrogen to avoid any risk of a nitrogen reaction with their substrate.</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 29, 2024 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Golan Tanami <golant@savion.huji.ac.il><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] Forming gas: 5% or 10% hydrogen</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">We also use 5% H2 in N2 as our forming gas on RTP system. </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Feb 29, 2024, at 6:35 AM, Golan Tanami <<a href="mailto:golant@savion.huji.ac.il">golant@savion.huji.ac.il</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#0070C0">Hi Mario,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">labnetwork
<<a href="mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu</span></a>><span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Beaudoin, Mario<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, February 27, 2024 10:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span>[labnetwork] Forming gas: 5% or 10% hydrogen</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Dear Network,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We're setting up a new RTA and will run it with Ar, N2 and forming gas. We're uncertain about the % level of hydrogen we want in our forming gas. Can someone recomment the best hydrogen
% to use for MOS capacitor annealing?</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Regards,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Mario</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"></span></p>
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