The effect of carbon overcoat diffusion on CoCrTa/Cr thin-film media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1567-1569

  Chang, Jack J K ^a,b   Johnson, Kenneth E ^a,b   Kawayoshi, Harry ^a,b   Ling, Peiching ^a,b   Strathman, Michael ^a,b  

^a MaxMedia   (United States)

^b Adv Materials Engineering Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon diffusion; Chromium diffusion CoCrTa; Media noise reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHROMIUM; COATINGS; COBALT ALLOYS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MAGNETIC FILM STORAGE; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; METALLIC FILMS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC THICKNESS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032114576     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706617     Document Type: Article

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