Gaseous wear products from lubricated thin film disks

Author

Strom, Brian D. ; Bogy, David B. ; Walmsley, Robert G. ; Brandt, Jobst ; Bhatia, C.Singh

Author_Institution

California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

29

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

258

Abstract

Degradation products of perfluoropolyether lubricants were observed during friction tests on thin film magnetic recording disks using a mass spectrometer. The friction tests were conducted in high vacuum using thin-film read/write heads as sliders. Fomblin Z-dol and Krytox 143AX were used as lubricants. The removal rates observed are significant compared to the lubricant film thickness used. The data suggest that the degradation reaction is activated by low-energy electrons produced at the tribological interface

Keywords

friction; hard discs; lubrication; magnetic heads; magnetic thin film devices; wear; Fomblin Z-dol; Krytox 143AX; degradation reaction; friction tests; gaseous wear products; high vacuum; low-energy electrons; lubricated thin film disks; mass spectrometer; perfluoropolyether lubricants; thin film magnetic recording disks; thin-film read/write heads; Degradation; Electrons; Friction; Lubricants; Magnetic films; Magnetic heads; Magnetic recording; Mass spectroscopy; Testing; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.195578

Filename

195578