Electronic grade hydrochloric acid has high technical barriers and currently there are only a few domestic companies.

Hydrochloric acid is an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride (HCI) and is one of the common chemicals. According to different uses, hydrochloric acid can be divided into industrial grade hydrochloric acid, electronic grade hydrochloric acid, reagent grade hydrochloric acid, etc. Electronic grade hydrochloric acid refers to hydrochloric acid products that can be used in medicine, chemical industry, semiconductors, large-scale integrated circuits and other fields. Electronic grade hydrochloric acid is a high-end, high-performance product of hydrochloric acid, which requires a purity of more than 99.999% and extremely low content of organic impurities such as HCI, HO, and metal ions.

Electronic grade hydrochloric acid has a wide range of applications. In the pharmaceutical field, it can prepare a variety of drugs into hydrochlorides, thereby changing the physical and chemical properties of the drugs to a great extent. In the semiconductor field, it is mainly used for epitaxial growth of silicon and High-temperature vapor phase etching of gallium arsenide to ensure etching quality; in the field of integrated circuits, electronic-grade hydrochloric acid is mainly used as an acidic cleaning agent to clean various metals, organic matter, and particulate matter to remove contaminating impurities on the PCB surface and ensure Its surface flatness and performance purposes.

Semiconductors and integrated circuits are currently the main application fields of electronic grade hydrochloric acid. In recent years, with the rapid development of downstream application fields, the market demand for electronic grade hydrochloric acid has continued to increase. At present, with the continuous upgrading and popularization of 5G, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other technologies, the prosperity of the domestic semiconductor and integrated circuit industries continues to rise. In 2021, the scale of my country’s semiconductor market will be nearly 220 billion US dollars, and the scale of the integrated circuit market will be approximately 176.8 billion US dollars.

In this context, according to the “China Electronic Grade Hydrochloric Acid Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that my country’s electronic-grade hydrochloric acid market demand will reach 5,267 tons in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 21.4%. In the future, under the background of rapid development of the semiconductor industry, my country’s electronic-grade hydrochloric acid market demand is expected to maintain a steady growth trend, and the industry shows good development prospects.

Electronic-grade hydrochloric acid is a type of product with high technical content, and its industry entry threshold is high. Currently, only a few domestic companies have mass production capabilities. The main companies include Zhongjuxin Technology, Jingrui Electric Materials, and Xingfu Electronics. Materials, Huarong Chemicals, Jianghua Microelectronics Materials, etc. Among them, Zhongjuxin Electronics’ hydrochloric acid products have reached G4 level; Jianghua Micro’s products have reached SL level; Huarong Chemical’s products have reached G2 level; Jingrui Electric’s products have reached G4 level; Xingfu Electronics’ products have reached G4 level. The products reach SL level.

Industry analysis personnel said that electronic grade hydrochloric acid is a type of hydrochloric acid product with high added value. The current trend of transformation and upgrading of the domestic hydrochloric acid industry is Against the background of the deepening of the epidemic and the rapid development of the domestic semiconductor and integrated circuit industries, the market demand for electronic grade hydrochloric acid continues to rise, the number of companies continues to increase, and the industry development trend is improving. However, due to high technical barriers, there are currently relatively few companies in the electronic-grade hydrochloric acid market in my country. In the future, local hydrochloric acid companies will need to increase their technological research and development efforts and continuously upgrade in the direction of high-end.