etching

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The event includes Woman with an Arm Tattoo, an etching depicting Sue Tilley, and runs until 13 September.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Chip makers are the largest consumers of helium globally, using the gas to maintain stable temperatures while etching silicon wafers into advanced semiconductors.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Until now, most MXenes have been produced using chemical etching, a process that leaves a mix of surface atoms such as oxygen, fluorine, or chlorine scattered randomly across the material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Chip makers use it to maintain stable temperatures while etching silicon wafers into advanced semiconductors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

There is a scrimshaw knife with an etching of a great white and a message in a bottle in its stomach on it.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt