ISSN:
1089-7550
Quelle:
AIP Digital Archive
Thema:
Physik
Notizen:
In a rigid disk a very smooth surface is desirable for high density recording, while it tends to stick to the magnetic head. To avoid this difficulty, the mechanical texturing (M/T) is widely used. Unfortunately very low flying height can't be achieved with the M/T. To improve the flying height, authors have developed a new texturing process using anodically oxidized aluminum substrates named chemical texturing (C/T).1 Aluminum anodic oxide films have a regularly arranged honeycomb structure and uniform and roughness-controlled surfaces were formed by etching process of chemical texturing. In the present research, the relation between the recording and tribological properties and the etching conditions were investigated. On C/T substrates Cr, a longitudinal magnetic layer CoNi, C were sputtered in an inline sputtering equipment. The surface of the sputtered layer was flat (Ra〈5 A(ring)) and uniform. Magnetic and electrical properties (coercive force, squareness, over write, modulation and so on) were examined. In spite of isotropy on the disk surfaces, the modulation caused by the inline sputtering was not observed, and high coercive force of 1200 Oe was obtained. Tribological properties (gride height, CSS, friction) were measured. Gride height was lower than 0.1 μm, and CSS more than 30 000 cycles. In semi-pilot plant production, thousands of C/T disks were prepared. Yield of disks having less than 5 missing and/or extra pulses was higher than 95%.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.347866
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