Bonding And Tribological Properties Of Perfluorinated Lubricants And Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon Films

Perry, S.S.; Mate, C.M.; Somorjai, G.A.

doi:10.1109/mrc.1995.658255

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“…Previous studies [5][6][7] involving the use of contact angle measurements in relation to the performance of a hard disk drive looked at the tribological properties of the sputtered carbon [5] and lubricant [6] overcoats of the magnetic disk. Sputtered carbon is added to improve the mechanical strength of the disk while a lubricant is applied to protect it from corrosion [8].…”

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Surface Energies of Magnetic Recording Head Components

Abenojar

Herber²,

Enriquez

2010

Tribol Lett

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The rate of material removal during fixed abrasive lapping is a function of friction coefficient, the surface tension of the lubricant and of the substrate, and the contact angles between the interfaces. In this study, the authors measured the surface energies of materials typically found in thin film magnetic recording heads using contact angle measurements and the Lifshitz-van der Waals acid/base approach. The different materials tested were Ni x Fe y , Al 2 O 3 , and Al 2 O 3 -TiC. Sample preparation procedures were also considered. The chemical used to wash the surface was observed to affect the measured substrate surface energies. Surface energy values for samples washed with either acetone or hexane showed comparable results. The Ni x Fe y gave the highest measured surface energy (46.3-48.8 mJ m -2 ) followed by Al 2 O 3 (44.1-45.3 mJ m -2 ) and Al 2 O 3 -TiC (43.3-45.3 mJ m -2 ). In contrast, the oil-washed samples measured generally lower surface energy values. The study characterized the interaction of two lubricant types against the three materials. The oil-based lubricant spreads completely on oilwashed samples mainly because of the low surface tension of the oil (22.0 mJ m -2 ) and did not show measurable contact angles. In comparison, the water-soluble lubricant ethylene glycol, due to its higher surface tension (48.0 mJ m -2 ), formed higher contact angles ranging from 47.2 to 59.6°on the different substrates.

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