Data Storage
Magnetic disks and disk drive components, optical disks, flash memory devices, and other data storage media require state-of-the-art R&D to produce high reliability products. For over 30 years, Evans Analytical Group® (EAG) has dedicated instrumentation, research, and development efforts to the data storage industry, helping customers develop new techniques for analyzing contaminatants and controlling quality.
Application Examples
- Magnetic media failure analysis
- High precision ICP-OES for sputter target composition verification
- Lubricant thickness testing
- Lubricant replenishment
- Lubricant and additive identification
- Overcoat characterization
- Magnetic layer identification and thickness testing
- Drive teardown and inspection
- HDA failure analysis
- Outgassing analysis
- Organic contaminant analysis
- Disk quality program
- Operating drive contamination monitoring
- Contamination analysis and materials characterization for flash memory devices
Related Application Notes
- FEI DualBeamTM FIB AN364
- Accurate Thin Film Measurements by High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) AN451
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) Characterization of an UItrathin Multilayer Film AN450
- ICP-OES and ICP-MS Detection Limit Guidance BR023
- Characterization of Surface Contamination BN1365
- Analysis of Contaminants by DHS/GC/MS AN385
- Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) Distribution on a Magnetic Head Surface AN352
- Hafnium Oxide (HfO2) Composition and Stoichiometry AN400
- High-k Film Analysis by RBS and NRA AN383
- Identifying Contaminants Using Raman: Organic Particles AN376
