Toward an Understanding of Overcoat Corrosion Protection

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 2450-2452

  Dai, Qing ^a   Yen, Bing K ^a   White, Richard L ^b   Peterson, Phillip J ^b   Marchon, Bruno ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Galvanic coupling; Head and media corrosion; Overcoat

Indexed keywords

CORROSION PROTECTION; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC HEADS; PASSIVATION;

GALVANIC COUPLING EFFECT;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0141884996     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.816434     Document Type: Article

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