Electronic – Hydrogen Peroxide for PCB Etching

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I found 500 mL of hydrogen peroxide. It says 12% and food grade.

Normally, before, what I found was 3% only, and there wasn't any note like food grade at all.

Is this suitable while etching PCB? Is having higher percentage (I guess it is concentration of H2O2 to Water) better or worst?

Such product is this.

Best Answer

From my own experience 3% hydrogen peroxide works quite good for PCB etching, the method I used is mixing hydrogen peroxide with vinegar and add some table salt to it, I don't know exact proportions, but usually it is something like 2/3 vinegar 1/3 peroxide(or little more peroxide) and a couple of spoons of salt(depending on the PCB size).

12% hydrogen peroxide is going to do "better", if you can say so. Basically it means that you just don't need to put that much of it to the mixture, so it can be something like 5/6 vinegar and 1/6 hydrogen peroxide.

Note that above mentioned proportions are vague, I haven't tried this method for a year or so, so don't remember exact numbers. I usually tested different mixtures on small blank PCBs of fixed size to check which one is better.