Pole tip recession and staining at the head to tape interface of linear tape recording systems

Wear

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 276-299

  Sourty, E ^a   Wild, M ^a   Sullivan, J L ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al2O3 TiC; Linear tape recording; Pole recession (PTR); Stain

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TAPE RECORDERS; TAPES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TRANSFER FILMS;

TRIBOLOGY;

CERAMICS; GROOVE; RECORDER; TAPE; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0036474224     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(01)00880-8     Document Type: Article

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