An inner component of a plasma processing apparatus, the inner component being placed in an inside of a processing chamber of the plasma processing apparatus that processes a wafer that is a processing target placed in the processing chamber in an inside of a vacuum chamber using plasma formed from a processing gas supplied to the inside of the processing chamber,
- wherein:
- a surface of the inner component that faces the plasma is made of a dielectric material;
- and
- the dielectric material includes
- a first material that combines with the supplied processing gas and is volatilized and
- a second material that combines with the processing gas to produce a non-volatile compound, a volume of the non-volatile compound being increased before the combination.