• DocumentCode
    866833
  • Title

    Contamination induced stiction in drive level studies

  • Author

    Smallen, M. ; Mee, P. ; Merchant, K. ; Smith, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Seagate Technol., Scotts Valley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2505
  • Lastpage
    2507
  • Abstract
    When a thin liquid film of contamination is present between a head and disk, surface tension and viscous forces can increase the force that resists disk motion. A striction-force model is proposed. The model shows fairly good agreement with the data. Both the model and the data show that stiction forces increase with decreasing surface roughness and increasing contamination thickness
  • Keywords
    magnetic disc storage; magnetic recording; surface topography; contamination induced stiction; contamination thickness; disk motion; drive level studies; head; striction-force model; surface roughness; surface tension; thin liquid film; viscous forces; Area measurement; Chromium alloys; Cobalt alloys; Drives; Friction; Pollution measurement; Shape; Surface contamination; Surface tension; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.104778
  • Filename
    104778