Effect of diamondlike carbon coating and surface topography on the performance of metal evaporated magnetic tapes

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2 PART 2, 1998, Pages 575-587

  Patton, Steven T ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction; Hard carbon; Tape drives; Wear

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COATINGS; FRICTION; MAGNETIC TAPE STORAGE; PERFORMANCE; TAPE DRIVES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DIAMONDLIKE CARBON;

MAGNETIC TAPE;

EID: 0032022094     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.661494     Document Type: Article

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