Title :
Microscopic studies of corrosion phenomena in metal evaporated and metal particle flexible media
Author :
Anoikin, Tatiana V. ; Sides, Paul J. ; Spratt, Geoffrey W.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The corrosion behavior of Metal Evaporated (ME) and Metal Particle (MP) media in a mixed corrosive gas environment was studied using microscopic techniques. Combined AFM and MFM studies showed severe corrosion of ME tape. Auger and EDAX spectroscopic studies showed that corrosion products were chlorine and Ni. MP tape was round to be more corrosive environment. Nodules that grew on tape represented a loss of magnetic moment added to spacing loss
Keywords :
Auger effect; atomic force microscopy; corrosion; magnetic force microscopy; magnetic tapes; microscopy; AFM; Auger spectroscopy; EDAX spectroscopy; ME tape; MFM; MP tape; corrosion; flexible media; magnetic moment; metal evaporated media; metal particle media; microscopy; nodules; spacing loss; Atomic force microscopy; Corrosion; Data storage systems; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic force microscopy; Rough surfaces; Saturation magnetization; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on