Dominant factors in lubricant transfer and accumulation in slider-disk interface

Tribology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Ma, Yansheng ^a   Liu, Bo ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Hard disk drive; Lubricant; Slider disk interface; Transfer

Indexed keywords

HARD DISK DRIVE; SLIDER-DISK INTERFACE;

ADSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

LUBRICANTS;

ADSORPTION; LUBRICANTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 38349073451     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9289-7     Document Type: Article

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