
The Foundations of Magnetic Recording
- 2nd Edition - March 31, 1993
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: John C. Mallinson
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 5 9 6 5 - 2
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 6 6 6 2 6 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 6 8 2 - 1
This expanded and updated new edition provides a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of magnetic recording. In the six years since the publication of the first… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThis expanded and updated new edition provides a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of magnetic recording. In the six years since the publication of the first edition, the magnetic recording and storage industry has burgeoned with the introduction of a host of new ideas and technologies. His book contains a discussion of almost every technologically important aspect of recording.
- Continas complete coverage of the current technology of magnetic recording and storage
- Written in a non-mathematical but scientifically accurate style
- Permits intelligent evaluations to be made of both the past evolution and the future trends in a wide variety of magnetic storage devices
AUDIENCE: Researchers and development engineers (as well as senior technicians and junior engineers) working in the magnetic recording industry, senior undergraduate and graduate level students in physics, applied physics, or electrical engineering, other technical professional (such as manufacturing engineers and studio engineers) in the magnetic recording, computer peripheral, music, and video recording industries.
B, H, And M Fields, Magnetism and Measurements. Hysteresis Loops, Multi- And Single-Domain and Super-Paramagnetic Behavior. Magnetic Recording Media. Magnetic Recording Head Theory. Magnetic Recording Head Designs. The Writing, Or Recording, Process. The Reading, Or Reproducing, Process. Noise Processes and Signal-To-Noise Ratios. Audio and Instrumentation Recorders. Analog Video Recorders. Digital Recording Theory. Digital Recorders. The Evolution of Channel Codes. Limits of Longitudinal Recording. Optical Recording Technologists. Appendix: Magnetic Properties in Cgs-Emu and SI Units. Index.
- Edition: 2
- Published: March 31, 1993
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 217
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780123959652
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124666269
- eBook ISBN: 9780080506821
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John C. Mallinson
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Mallinson Magnetics, Inc., California, U.S.A.Read The Foundations of Magnetic Recording on ScienceDirect