Effect of Cr sub-seed layer thickness on the crystallographic orientation of Co-alloy recording media on glass

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2637-2639

  Chen, Qixu ^a   Yen, Edward ^a   Chen, Jianping ^a   Ristau, Roger ^a   Ranjan, Rajiv ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi crystal media; Grain size; Sub seed layer; Uni crystal media

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GLASS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC RECORDING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES;

BI-CRYSTAL MEDIA; NICKEL ALUMINIDE; NICKEL PHOSPHIDE;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0033184102     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800923     Document Type: Article

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