Ultra-thin overcoats for the head/disk interface tribology

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 795-799

  Bhatia, C Singh ^a   Anders, S ^b   Brown, I G ^b   Bobb, K ^c   Hsiao, R ^c   Bogy, D B ^c  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODIC ARC DEPOSITION;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CATHODIC PROTECTION; HARDNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING;

TRIBOLOGY;

CARBON; FILM; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0032194445     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2833781     Document Type: Article

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