Water adsorption and friction on thin film magnetic recording disks

Lubrication Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 9-18

  Karis, T E ^a   Tawakkul, M A ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Disks; Friction; Head; Humidity; Lubricants; Magnetic; Slider; Water; Water thickness

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDENSATION; FRICTION; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIC THIN FILM DEVICES; WATER ABSORPTION;

LIQUID NANODROPLETS;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS;

ADSORPTION; DISK DRIVE; FILM THICKNESS; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; TRIBOLOGY; WATER LUBRICANT;

EID: 0041781515     PISSN: 00247154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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