TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of lubricants on the precision lapping process
AU - Jiang, Xionghua
AU - Chen, Zhenxing
AU - Wolfram, Joy
AU - Wei, Zhongxian
AU - Shen, Yuqiu
AU - Yang, Zhizhou
PY - 2014/12
Y1 - 2014/12
N2 - The impact of lubricants on pole-tip recession and surface morphology of hard disk drive heads in the precision lapping process was investigated with atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and auger electron spectroscopy. In particular, the effects of deionized water, hydrocarbon oil, ethanediol, isopropanol, and ethanol lubricants were evaluated. The results reveal that proper selection of lubricant is critical for achieving optimal performance in the lapping process. A mixture of 68% hydrocarbon oil, 30% isopropanol, and 2% octadecenoic acid was found to yield the most favorable results, displaying a writer shield recession, first shield of reader recession, and surface roughness of 0.423, 0.581, and 0.242 nm, respectively.
AB - The impact of lubricants on pole-tip recession and surface morphology of hard disk drive heads in the precision lapping process was investigated with atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and auger electron spectroscopy. In particular, the effects of deionized water, hydrocarbon oil, ethanediol, isopropanol, and ethanol lubricants were evaluated. The results reveal that proper selection of lubricant is critical for achieving optimal performance in the lapping process. A mixture of 68% hydrocarbon oil, 30% isopropanol, and 2% octadecenoic acid was found to yield the most favorable results, displaying a writer shield recession, first shield of reader recession, and surface roughness of 0.423, 0.581, and 0.242 nm, respectively.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1017/S1431927614013397
DO - 10.1017/S1431927614013397
M3 - Article
C2 - 25387606
SN - 1431-9276
VL - 20
SP - 1708
EP - 1714
JO - Microscopy and Microanalysis
JF - Microscopy and Microanalysis
IS - 6
ER -