Etching (disambiguation)
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Etching may refer to:
- Etching, a printmaking technique in art
- Glass etching, a glass decoration technique
- Industrial etching, or chemical milling, chemical etching in manufacturing and industry
- Photochemical machining, with chemicals, using a photoresist
- Etching (microfabrication), a process in producing microelectronics
- Ion track etching
- Unwanted glass etching done by dishwashers
- Chemical weathering of rocks
Most of the above can be called chemical etching, though the term is mostly used for industrial etching. An etcher is most likely to mean a printmaker. An etchant (sometimes mordant) is any chemical used to etch, but probably refers to an industrial process.
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