Abstract
We describe a novel capacitance measurement technique which is used to determine lubricant film thickness on magnetic thin-film rigid disks. Using this technique, variations in lubricant thickness as small as 0.1 nm can be measured quickly and nondestructively. Film thickness measurements made with an ellipsometer are found to be comparable to the capacitance measurements. We compare the uniformity in film thickness of disks lubricated with a dip-coating process with that of disks lubricated with a drain-coating process and find that the drain coated disks have better film uniformity than those that are dip coated. Also, wear tracks in fully bonded and partially bonded perfluoropolyether lubricants are profiled. We find that lubricant depletion occurs more rapidly in fully bonded lubricant than in partially bonded lubricant and that some recovery of the partially bonded lubricant occurs while none is observed in fully bonded lubricant.
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