<azonenberg> lekernel: Nice
<azonenberg> Hi guys
<azonenberg> Been away for the weekend but am getting back to work
<azonenberg> Just did some SEM imaging and EDS analysis of a couple of dies
<azonenberg> pics uploading shortly
<bart416> Sweet
<bart416> So what else have you been up to?
<azonenberg> Getting out in the woods and away from my lab :P
<azonenberg> And having fun in high winds http://i.imgur.com/D0iCw.jpg
<bart416> Heh
<bart416> Fun
<azonenberg> Though "high" is a relative term, it was only 45 mph sustained with gusts of around 60
<azonenberg> In the winter they get a lot worse
<azonenberg> The weather station i'm standing next to holds the world record for highest wind speed recorded at ground level
<bart416> Fun
<azonenberg> Anyway so it looks like my contaminant is most likely clumps of Ta2O5
<bart416> So what are you going to try to do about that?
<azonenberg> But thats not definite
<azonenberg> The one thing i know for sure is that in the area i sampled (on top of a bump) the spectrometer showed around 25% each O and Si, maybe 5% Cl, and 45% Ta
<azonenberg> Which is what i'd expect from a lump of Ta2O5 that has a thin Ta2Cl10 film over it
<azonenberg> And the whole thing is over Si
<azonenberg> This was a die i coated in Ta2Cl10 and didnt bake
<azonenberg> iow, i did not intentionally oxidize it
<bart416> Mhhh
<azonenberg> Which to me suggests that somehow (during the manufacture process perhaps?) the Ta2Cl10 oxidized and formed grains of Ta2Cl10 around 1-2um across
<azonenberg> If so, the fix will be to filter the Tantalumfilm with a submicron-pore-size filter
<bart416> :D
<bart416> Anyway good luck
<azonenberg> * grains of Ta2O5
<bart416> I'm tired from disassembling this bread oven
<bart416> (That I'm going to turn into a reflow oven)
<azonenberg> I see
<bart416> It also featured a nice 3 phase motor :S
<bart416> And really simple control electronics based on a quick observation
<bart416> So this might actually be easier to control than a toaster oven