etching

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As a student, he took up etching, in part because the Royal College of Art covered the costs of his materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 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

The venture would also presumably need equipment for etching and deposition, which are manufacturing and packaging processes.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

And behind the film of frost etching the glass I saw two brashly painted plaster images of Mary and Jesus surrounded by dream books, love powders, God-Is-Love signs, money-drawing oil and plastic dice.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison