• DocumentCode
    538382
  • Title

    Lubricant transfer in disk drives

  • Author

    Kasai, P.H. ; Raman, V.

  • Author_Institution
    MORESCO Corp, Kobe, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    10-12 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Disk-to-head lubricant transfer was found to be caused by airborne inorganic particulates. Molecular dynamics calculations elucidated a sequential process involving water molecules, inorganic alkaline halides and end-groups of Z-tetraol leading to the lubricant transfer.
  • Keywords
    disc drives; lubricants; lubrication; magnetic heads; magnetic particles; molecular dynamics method; Z-tetraol; airborne inorganic particulates; disk drives; disk-to-head lubricant transfer; end-groups; inorganic alkaline halides; molecular dynamics calculations; sequential process; water molecules; Computer crashes; Humidity; Microphones; Z-dol; Z-tetraol; lubricant transfer; magnetic disks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    APMRC, 2010 Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8103-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5682272
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=538382