Chromium oxide coatings applied to magnetic tape heads for improved wear resistance

Tribology International

Volumn 36, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 389-396

  Sourty, E ^a   Sullivan, J L ^a   Bijker, M D ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OnStream BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delamination wear; SPL; Wear resistant thin coating

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMATE COATINGS; DELAMINATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

MAGNETIC RESPONSE;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0037375465     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(02)00214-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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