Effect of Vacuum Heat Treatment on the Microstructure of a Laser Powder-Bed Fusion-Fabricated NiTa Alloy

The semiconductor industry uses a physical vapor-deposition process, with a nickel-tantalum (NiTa) alloy-sputtering target, to apply an amorphous NiTa thin film layer between the magnetic soft underlayer and substrate of a heat-assisted magnetic-recording hard disk drive. Currently, the alloy-sputte...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Tse Wu, Markus Bussmann, Kinnor Chattopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/12/5/700