The lubricant migration rate on the hard disk surface

Tribology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 181-185

  Cheng, Tai ^a   Zhao, Brooke ^a   Chao, Jim ^a   Meeks, Steven W ^b   Velidandea, Vamsi ^b  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Candela Instruments   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon films; Boundary lubrication; Lubricant migration; Optical surface analyzer; OSA; PPPE; Spreading; Surface diffusion; X 1P

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000365520     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018813022532     Document Type: Article

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