Nanoindentation and the tribology of head-disk interface components

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-114

  White, Richard L ^a   Schreck, Erhard ^a   Wang, Run Han ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; HARDNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM DEVICES; TRIBOLOGY;

AIR BEARING SLIDER/RECORDING HEAD; NANOINDENTATION;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0029780165     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.477559     Document Type: Article

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