Formation of lubricant "moguls" at the head/disk interface

Tribology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 133-142

  Pit, Remmelt ^a   Marchon, Bruno ^a   Meeks, Steven ^b   Velidandla, Vamsi ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Candela Instruments   (United States)

Author keywords

Head disk interface; Lubricant displacement; Moguls; Optical surface analyzer; PFPE; ZDOL

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001223955     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009074007241     Document Type: Article

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