Title :
Wear and corrosion resistance of thin overcoat with different interlayer materials
Author :
Wang, Zhangmin ; Yang, Ming M. ; Chao, James L. ; Russak, Michael A.
Author_Institution :
HMT Technol. Corp., Fremont, CA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Several interlayer materials were introduced under a thin nitrogenated carbon film for corrosion and tribology evaluation. It was found that CrTa interlayer showed the best corrosion resistance but the worst wear performance, and amorphous carbon (a-C) and NiSi interlayers demonstrated reasonable wear resistance
Keywords :
carbon compounds; corrosion protective coatings; corrosion resistance; magnetic recording; magnetic thin film devices; wear resistant coatings; C; CN; Cr; CrTa; NiSi; corrosion resistance; interlayer materials; thin film recording media; thin nitrogenated carbon film; thin overcoat; wear resistance; Amorphous magnetic materials; Chromium; Corrosion; Magnetic films; Magnetic heads; Magnetic materials; Organic materials; Protection; Sputtering; Substrates;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
