Patent ID: 8900991

Claim:
A film forming method comprising: providing a substrate in a processing chamber; supplying gaseous Co 4 (CO) 12 as a single film forming material into the processing chamber; and thermally decomposing the gaseous Co 4 (CO) 12 on the substrate to form a Co film on the substrate, and wherein Co 2 (CO) 8 is used as a solid film forming material, the solid Co 2 (CO) 8 is vaporized to be a gaseous Co 2 (CO) 8 by heating at a temperature lower than a decomposition start temperature of the Co 2 (CO) 8 , the gaseous Co 2 (CO) 8 is changed into the gaseous Co 4 (CO) 12 by heating at a temperature at which the gaseous Co 4 (CO) 12 stably exists, and the gaseous Co 4 (CO) 12 is supplied into the processing chamber.