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<term>
  <id>09482</id>
  <title>dry-etch resistance</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - dry-etch resistance</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.09482</doi>
  <code>09482</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <synonym><em>synonym</em>: etch resistance</synonym>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>Facility of an exposed resist to withstand etching conditions, usually a plasma, determined in comparison to a reference standard.</text>
      <notes>
        <item>Plasma may be oxygen or halogen-based.</item>
      </notes>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>resist</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09564</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2020, 92, 1861. 'Terminology of polymers in advanced lithography (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1873 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-1215)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'dry-etch resistance' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09482</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-05-08T12:45:43+00:00</accessed>
</term>
