Debris propensity of magnetic metal particle tapes

Journal of Information Storage and Processing Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 143-159

  Hunter, Stephen J ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Data recording; Head tape interface; Metal particle tape; Metal particle tape tribology; Tape debris

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844273536     PISSN: 10998047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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