Simultaneous measurement of pin wear and change in lubricant thickness on thin-film magnetic disks

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4560-4565

  Ishii, Mieko ^b   Kawakubo, Youichi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorbed lubricant; Ellipsometer; Free lubricant; Head wear; Lubricant replenished; Lubricant thickness; Thin film magnetic disk; Wear mode

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; LUBRICANTS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ELLIPSOMETERS;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0031273571     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.649894     Document Type: Article

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