High throughput screening method, array assembly and system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Robert LaGraff, Xiao-Dong Sun, James Anthony Ruud, James Claude Carnahan
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Abstract
A liquid chemical stripping or cleaning solution is selected by combinatorial high throughput screening. A high throughput screening well array assembly includes (A) a metal substrate and (B) a mask that defines an array of wells on the substrate. A combinatorial high throughput screening system includes (A) a metal substrate and (B) a mask that defines an array of wells on the substrate and a reaction vessel to receive the well array assembly.
Claims9
A combinatorial high throughput screening well array assembly, comprising:
- (A) a metal substrate;
- (B) a mask placed upon said substrate to define an array of wells upon said substrate;
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- (C) a reservoir array plate atop said mask to provide a reservoir for each of the wells to hold a candidate solution;
- wherein said mask defines an array of wells each having a prescribed contact area with said substrate, and a ratio of reservoir volume capacity to a contact area of wells of the array is determined by a molarity of a component of said candidate solution, a composition and a thickness of a coating to be stripped from said substrate;
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- wherein the substrate is a metal test coupon base.
A combinatorial high throughput screening well array assembly, comprising:
- (A) a metal test coupon base;
- (B) a mask placed upon said a metal test coupon base to define an array of wells upon said substrate;
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- (C) a reservoir array plate atop said mask to provide a reservoir for each of the wells to hold a candidate solution;
- wherein said mask defines an any of wells each having a prescribed contact area with said metal teat coupon base and said mask is a replaceable mask that can be replaced by a different mask that defines a different contact area on said substrate from the contact area defined by said replaceable mask.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.