Fomblin Multidentate Lubricants for Ultra-Low Magnetic Spacing

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2504-2506

  Marchon, B ^a   Deng, H ^a   Burns, J ^a   Waltman, Robert ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head disk interface; lubricant; tribology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008063386     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.878628     Document Type: Article

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