Wear measurements of diamond-like carbon coated proximity recording sliders using Raman spectroscopy

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 288-292

  Kohira, Hidekazu ^a   Talke, F E ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DRAG TESTS; PROXIMITY RECORDING; SLEW TESTS;

TRIBOLOGY;

DIAMOND-LIKE COATING; MAGNETIC DISC; SPECTROSCOPY; WEAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033627422     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.555355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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