Effect of relative humidity and disk acceleration on tribocharge build-up at a slider-disk interface

Tribology International

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1253-1257

  Lee, Dae Young ^a   Lee, Jaeho ^b   Hwang, Jungho ^a   Choa, Sung Hoon ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disk acceleration; Hard disk drive; Relative humidity; Slider disk interface; Tribocharge

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; HARD DISK STORAGE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); TRIBOLOGY;

CONTACT-START-STOP (CSS) MODE; DISK ACCELERATION; SLIDER-DISK INTERFACE; TRIBOCHARGE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 34247478103     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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