Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Including application of electrical radiant or wave energy...
Patent
1999-02-19
2000-11-07
Gulakowski, Randy
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Including application of electrical radiant or wave energy...
134 10, 134 11, 134 30, 134 31, B08B 312, B08B 500
Patent
active
061430870
ABSTRACT:
An object is treated by contacting it with an organic solvent and then removing the organic solvent by directly displacing it with a fluid comprising a drying vapor (e.g., isopropyl alcohol or IPA vapor) such that substantially no liquid droplets of organic solvent or drying vapor are left on the surfaces of the object to evaporate after the direct displacement of the organic solvent with the fluid.
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