| abstract |
It is aimed at providing a vaporization apparatus and a vaporization method capable of keeping track of a progressive condition of clogging of the apparatus. It is also aimed at providing a vaporization apparatus and a vaporization method capable of eliminating clogging prior to occurrence of complete clogging, without disassembling the apparatus. It provides a vaporization apparatus for introducing a carrier gas from one end of a gas passage and for feeding, the carrier gas including a material solution, from the other end of the gas passage to a vaporization part to thereby vaporize the material solution, characterized in that a mass flow controller (MFC) is provided at the one end of the gas passage, and means for detecting a pressure within the gas passage is provided. The vaporization apparatus is characterized in that the same is provided with means for introducing a chemical solution capable of dissolving therein matters deposited or sticked to the inside of the gas passage, into the gas passage. |