Micro structure and thermal stability of advanced longitudinal media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 43-47

  Doerner, M F ^a   Tang, K ^a   Arnoldussen, T ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Co alloys; Longitudinal media; Microstructure; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEPOSITION; GLASS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUCLEATION; STRAIN; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ALLOY SEGREGATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LONGITUDINAL MEDIA; REMANENT SQUARENESS;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0033871944     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.824423     Document Type: Article

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