Chemical liquid, chemical liquid storage body, chemical liquid filling method, and chemical liquid storage method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12169362-B2
Application number	US-202318218727-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2023
Priority date	Sep 27, 2016
Publication date	Dec 17, 2024
Grant date	Dec 17, 2024

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid having excellent developability and excellent defect inhibition performance. Another object of the present invention is to provide a chemical liquid storage body, a chemical liquid filling method, and a chemical liquid storage method. The chemical liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention is a chemical liquid containing an organic solvent, a metal impurity, and an organic impurity, in which the metal impurity contains metal atoms, a total content of the metal atoms in the chemical liquid with respect to a total mass of the chemical liquid is equal to or smaller than 50 mass ppt, a total content of the organic impurity in the chemical liquid with respect to the total mass of the chemical liquid is 0.1 to 10,000 mass ppm, the organic impurity contains an alcohol impurity, and a mass ratio of a content of the alcohol impurity to the total content of the organic impurity is 0.0001 to 0.5.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A chemical liquid storage body comprising:
a storage tank; and
the chemical liquid that is stored in the storage tank,
wherein the chemical liquid comprises:
an organic solvent;
a metal impurity; and
an organic impurity,
wherein the metal impurity contains metal atoms,
a total content of the metal atoms in the chemical liquid with respect to a total mass of the chemical liquid is equal to or smaller than 50 mass ppt,
a total content of the organic impurity in the chemical liquid with respect to the total mass of the chemical liquid is 0.1 to 10,000 mass ppm,
the organic impurity contains an alcohol impurity,
a mass ratio of a content of the alcohol impurity to the total content of the organic impurity is 0.0001 to 0.5, and
a ratio of a headspace portion in the storage tank to the internal volume of the storage tank is 0.5% to 30% by volume.

2. The chemical liquid storage body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal impurity contains a Fe atom, a Ni atom, a Cr atom, and a Pb atom,
a mass ratio of a content of the Fe atom to the total content of the metal atoms is 0.01 to 0.5,
a mass ratio of a content of the Cr atom to the total content of the metal atoms is 0.01 to 0.5,
a mass ratio of a content of the Ni atom to the total content of the metal atoms is 0.01 to 0.5, and
a mass ratio of a content of the Pb atom to the total content of the metal atoms is 0.005 to 0.3.

3. The chemical liquid storage body according to claim 1 ,
wherein a mass ratio of a total content of a component having a boiling point equal to or higher than 250° C. to a total content of a component having a boiling point lower than 250° C. in the chemical liquid is 0.00001 to 0.001.

4. The chemical liquid storage body according to claim 1 ,
wherein a content of water in the chemical liquid with respect to the total mass of the chemical liquid is 0.1% to 1.5% by mass.

5. The chemical liquid storage body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the number of objects to be counted having a size equal to or greater than 0.1 μm that are counted by a light scattering liquid-borne particle counter is equal to or smaller than 100/mL.

6. The chemical liquid storage body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the organic solvent has a boiling point lower than 200° C.

7. The chemical liquid storage body according to claim 1 ,
wherein the organic solvent contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monoethyl ether, propylene glycol monopropyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, ethyl lactate, methyl methoxypropionate, hexyl alcohol, 2-heptanone, isoamyl acetate, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, γ-butyrolactone, diisoamyl ether, butyl acetate, 2-hydroxymethyl butyrate, cyclohexanone dimethyl acetal, and 4-methyl-2-pentanol.

8. A chemical liquid storage body according to claim 1 ,
wherein a liquid contact portion contacting the chemical liquid in the storage tank is formed of a nonmetallic material or electropolished stainless steel.

9. The chemical liquid storage body according to claim 8 ,
wherein the nonmetallic material is at least one material selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene resin, a polypropylene resin, a polyethylene-polypropylene resin, polytetrafluoroethylene, a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer resin, a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer resin, a chlorotrifluoro ethylene-ethylene copolymer resin, a vinylidene fluoride resin, a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer resin, and a vinyl fluoride resin.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Kamimura Tetsuya
• Takahashi Satomi

Classifications

• H10P76/2041

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• G03F7/16 Primary

  Coating processes; Apparatus therefor (applying coatings to base materials in general B05; applying photosensitive compositions to base for photographic purposes G03C1/74) · CPC title

• B65D88/06

  cylindrical (B65D88/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C08F10/06

  Propene · CPC title

• B65D88/08

  with a vertical axis · CPC title