Carbon-coated sliders and their effect on carbon oxidation wear

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 710-714

  Ramirez A G ^a   Kelly, M A ^a   Strom, B D ^b   Walmsley, R G ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic data storage systems tribology; Oxidative wear mechanism; Surface films coatings; Tribology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSTS; COATINGS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MECHANICAL TESTING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CARBON COATED SLIDERS; DIAMONDLIKE CARBON; MAGNETIC DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS TRIBOLOGY; MAGNETIC DISK; MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; OXIDATIVE WEAR MECHANISM; TESTING EQUIPMENT; WEAR;

TRIBOLOGY;

CARBON; COATINGS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; WEAR-OXIDATIVE;

EID: 0030184086     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009608983587     Document Type: Article

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