Patent ID: 7736498

Claim:
A solution treatment method for a substrate including the steps of rotating a substrate holding portion with a treatment solution being supplied from a treatment solution nozzle onto the substrate to spread the treatment solution on the substrate, and then supplying a cleaning solution onto the substrate while rotating the substrate holding portion, through use of a solution treatment apparatus comprising: a plurality of substrate holding portions each capable of horizontally holding the substrate and rotating together; a treatment solution nozzle for supplying the treatment solution onto the substrate; a plurality of cup bodies provided to surround the substrates held on the substrate holding portions respectively; a plurality of exhaust paths connected to the plurality of cup bodies respectively; exhaust rate adjustment sections provided on the exhaust paths respectively; a common exhaust path connected in common to the plurality of exhaust paths; and a cleaning solution nozzle for supplying a cleaning solution onto the substrate, said method comprising the steps of: determining the numbers of rotations of the substrate holding portions; loading a combination of set exhaust rates corresponding to a combination of the determined numbers of rotations of the substrate holding portions referring to data in which combinations of the numbers of rotations of the plurality of substrate holding portions are associated with combinations of the set exhaust rates of the exhaust paths; and adjusting openings of the plurality of exhaust rate adjustment sections to obtain openings corresponding to the loaded set exhaust rates.