Flying stiction, lubricant pick-up and carbon-overcoat wear of magnetic heads

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-101

  Gao, Chao ^a   Dai, Peihua ^a   Vu, Vinh ^a  

^a Stormedia Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LUBRICATION; COATINGS; ELLIPSOMETRY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STICTION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CARBON OVERCOAT; FLYING STICTION; LUBRICANT PICK UP;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

FRICTION; LUBRICANT; MAGNETIC RECORDING; WEAR;

EID: 0032992147     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2833817     Document Type: Article

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