• DocumentCode
    2055204
  • Title

    A model for lubricant flow from disk to slider

  • Author

    Marchon, B. ; Karis, T. ; Dai, Q. ; Pit, R.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    March 30 2003-April 3 2003
  • Abstract
    As head/media magnetic spacing in disk drives is fast approaching the 10 nm mark, the need to understand the spacing contribution of the disk lubricant becomes more pressing. In this paper, a model of lubricant transfer between disk and slider surface is presented that takes into account evaporation/condensation driven by thin film vapour pressure, as well as shear of the film towards the back of the slider.
  • Keywords
    disc drives; evaporation; film condensation; liquid films; lubricants; magnetic heads; shear flow; condensation; disk drives; disk surface; disk-slider; evaporation; film shear; lubricant flow; slider surface; thin film vapour pressure; Computer hacking; Disk drives; Equations; Gravity; Kinetic theory; Large Hadron Collider; Lubricants; Pressing; Transistors; Viscosity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7647-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230819
  • Filename
    1230819