Title :
Lubricant transfer in disk drives
Author :
Kasai, P.H. ; Raman, V.
Author_Institution :
MORESCO Corp, Kobe, Japan
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;
Conference_Titel :
APMRC, 2010 Digest
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8103-3
