A novel drag test for observing lubricant redistribution due to head-disk interactions

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2448-2450

  Wang, Shao ^a   Chang, Ying C ^a   Liu, Jia Jay ^b  

^a MAXTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Head disk interface; Lubricant; Perfluoropolyether

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICANTS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHERS;

HEAD-DISK INTERFACES; LUBRICANT REDISTRIBUTION;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033184427     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800854     Document Type: Article

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