The decomposition mechanisms of a perfluoropolyether at the head/disk interface of hard disk drives

Tribology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 203-209

  Wei, Jianjun ^a   Fong, Walton ^a   Bogy, David B ^a   Bhatia, C Singh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Decomposition mechanisms; Friction; Head disk interface; Perfluoropolyether; ZDOL

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000169766     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019145809139     Document Type: Article

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