Fascinating treatise, Jeffrey; But if the money for that sort of kit was in his country, he'd have told the owner exactly where to go with this thing ;-)
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 07:54:19PM -0800, Jeffrey Meade enlightened us thusly > I wonder if this would work with IC dissection? Husky > injection-molding machines make a tool to remove plastic from > injection-molding machines, especially removing plastic from inside > injection molds and from the nozzle where the plastic leaks. The > Power DFX uses low-flow technology to generate fine particles of dry > ice that blast through small venturi nozzles in a stream of compressed > air. When the particles hit the mold surface, they vaporize into CO2 > gas, causing microscopic explosions that flush molding residues from > the steel surface. �This offers a number of advantages over manual > systems, which use hazardous solvents and disposable wipes, not to > mention that the manual approach is far more time-consuming,� says > Bruce Catoen, Husky�s Vice President, Systems. �The Power DFX is > also much quieter, easier to use, and it gets into hard-to-reach areas > better than traditional dry ice cleaning systems.� > http://www.husky.ca/news_release/2001-10-25-f.html > > Another idea would be to co-opt the medical dissection auto tomb > method of scraping and photographing frozen biological samples. You > could use an automatic grinder to remove one thousandth of an inch at > a time from the entire surface of the IC. Each pass would expose > sections of parts. Every small machine shop has at least one small > diamond wheel grinder with a reciprocating table. Manually measure > what appears and make a three-dimensional map as the IC is slowly > ground away. You might have to dissect several IC chips from > different angles to render the identification of every discrete > component. You should be able to salvage transistors and IC's intact > because they have their own plastic case. > -- With best Regards, Declan Moriarty. -- Author: Declan Moriarty INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
