This invention provides a process for treating a workpiece having a front
side, a back side, and an outer perimeter. In accordance with the
process, a processing fluid is selectively applied or excluded from an
outer peripheral margin of at least one of the front or back sides or the
workpiece. Exclusion and/or application of the processing fluid occurs by
applying one or more processing fluids to the workpiece as the workpiece
and corresponding reactor are spinning about an axis of rotation that is
generally orthogonal to the center of the face of the workpiece being
processed. The flow rate of the one or more processing fluids, fluid
pressure, and/or spin rate are used to control the extent to which the
processing fluid is selectively applied or excluded from the outer
peripheral margin.