> A complex of Mg3Al2Si3O12 in laminar form - commonly available
> on a processed cellulose base and going by the name "garnet paper"

> Imagine the reaction I'd get if I asked a local hardware-store rep for
> this.  They may spontaneously combust !

Yeah, they're not always so bright. I asked at the local Placemakers
Information Desk "Will I ever find true happiness ?" and they didn't
know

Seriously, plastics like graphite-loaded epoxy are quite inert to just
about any common solvent. They have to be stable as well to meet
requirements like moisture-resistance and non-corrosion of metal
parts like legs and dies

IC decapsulator machine using nitric acid

http://www.bgintl.com/dcap.html

Development is ongoing towards the production of ICs made completely
of plastic and organic molecules. Anyone's guess how you'd pull those
apart

And some ICs are moving back under glass

http://www.mpdigest.com/Articles/Sept2001/stratedge/Default.htm

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