Corrosion of magnetic recording heads and media

Tribology International

Volumn 36, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 447-454

  Liew, T ^a   Ji, R ^a   Seek, C H ^a   Chong, T C ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accelerated corrosion testing; Carbon overcoat damage; Head disk contact start stop; Heads and media corrosion

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON; COATED MATERIALS; CORROSION; CORROSION PROTECTION; FRACTURE; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

OVERCOAT DAMAGE;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0037374701     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(02)00233-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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