The role of relative humidity, surface roughness and liquid build-up on static friction behavior of the head/disk interface

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 28-35

  Tian, Hong ^a   Matsudaira, Takeo ^a  

^a HOYA Corporation USA   (United States)

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EID: 0027519156     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2920983     Document Type: Article

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