Lubricant behavior and pin wear on thin-film magnetic disks

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2341-2345

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

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free lubricant; Head wear; Lubricant thickness; Lubricant viscosity; Transparent pin wear test

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; LUBRICATION; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

PIN WEAR; THIN FILM MAGNETIC DISKS;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033183988     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800820     Document Type: Article

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