Slider-disk interaction and its effect on the flying performance of slider

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2403-2405

  Zhu, Yao Long ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Li, Ying Hui ^a   Leng, Qing Fang ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air bearing; Flying height; Head disk interface; Lubrication; Optical measurement

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; MAGNETIC HEADS;

SLIDERS;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033184348     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800839     Document Type: Article

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