Abstract:
A nonmagnetic foundation layer is made to have a body-centered cubic crystal structure with a preferred crystal orientation plane being the bcc (110) plane. A nonmagnetic intermediate layer, provided between the foundation layer and a granular magnetic layer, has a hexagonal close-packed structure with the hcp (100) plane or the hcp (200) plane being the preferred orientation plane. Furthermore, the crystal lattice misfit amount between the nonmagnetic intermediate layer 3 and the granular magnetic layer is made to be not more than 10% for each of an a-axis and a c-axis. As a result, epitaxial growth of ferromagnetic crystals in the granular magnetic layer, which has an hcp structure, is promoted, and hence the crystallinity of the magnetic layer is increased, and thus it becomes possible to simultaneously realize an increase in coercivity and a reduction in noise. Depositing the layers on an unheated substrate yields reduces manufacturing costs.
Abstract:
A master information carrier for magnetic transfer includes a master substrate made of metal, including an embossed pattern corresponding to information to be transferred. The master substrate is produced by laminating a metal disk with a predetermined thickness on an original disk, on which an embossed pattern is formed, by electroforming, peeling off the metal disk and die-cutting a disk in a desired size. An outer diameter of the metal disk is at least 1.7 times longer than an outer diameter of the die-cut master substrate. When the metal disk is peeled off from the original disk, deformation due to the forces acting from the side of the outer circumference is reduced. The flatness of the metal disk is ensured and the transfer qualities are improved. Further, a step of removing distortion of the metal disk, caused at the time of peeling off the metal disk, may also be provided.
Abstract:
There are disclosed an information recording medium substrate having a surface roughness of Rmax 15 nm or less, and an information recording medium, particularly an information recording medium substrate and information recording medium in which for surfaces of the substrate and medium, a bearing area value (offset bearing area value) in a depth of 0.5 to 5 nm (predetermined slice level) from a bearing height (real peak height) corresponding to the bearing area value of 0.2% to 1.0% is 90% or less, and a manufacture method of the substrate and medium.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a magnetic particle-coated material having a layer including a CuAu type or Cu3Au type ferromagnetic ordered alloy phase on an organic support. Further, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a magnetic particle-coated material that sequentially includes a step of manufacturing alloy particles capable of forming a ferromagnetic ordered alloy phase, a step of coating an organic support with the alloy particles to form a coating film, and a step of annealing the coating film in a reducing atmosphere to make the alloy particles into magnetic particles, and further includes a step of oxidizing the alloy particles, the oxidizing step being performed between the alloy particle manufacturing step and the annealing step.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to methods for making magnetically modified electrodes and electrodes made according to the method. Such electrodes are useful as electrodes in batteries, such as NinullMH batteries, NinullCd batteries, NinullZn batteries and NinullFe batteries.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording apparatus provides improved resolution and S/N without adversely affecting thermal stability. An angle formed by the direction of easy magnetization of a recording layer and the direction normal to a magnetic recording medium is in the range between 5null and 55null, the easy magnetization direction is from a back surface of the recording layer toward a front surface thereof, and when a recording track direction is from the upstream of the direction of transportation of the medium toward the downstream thereof, an angle formed by the direction of a projection of the easy magnetization direction on the medium plane and the recording track direction is in the range between 0null and 70null.
Abstract:
A magnetic disc medium comprising: a magnetic sheet in the form of a disk; a case encasing the magnetic sheet so as to be capable of rotating; and a nonwoven liner fastened on an inner face of the case so as to face the magnetic sheet, wherein the magnetic sheet comprises a support, a substantially nonmagnetic lower layer, and a magnetic layer containing hexagonal ferrite powder dispersed in a binder and having central plane average surface roughness of from 1 nm to 4 nm, and the liner comprises polyethylene terephthalate in an amount of 20% by weight or more.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium for communication with a transducer moving relative to the recording medium along a line of relative transducer motion. The magnetic recording medium has a substrate with a substrate surface, and a seed layer on the substrate surface. The magnetic recording medium also has a soft magnetic underlayer on the seed layer. The soft magnetic underlayer includes a magnetic material having a magnetic moment larger than 1.7 teslas. The soft magnetic underlayer has a texture that provides a magnetic easy axis that has an easy axis alignment parallel to the line of relative transducer motion. A magnetic storage layer is on the soft magnetic underlayer.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium comprises a back coat layer containing carbon black and alumina as nonmagnetic powder. The relationship between the abrasivity (y) in microns of the back coat layer and the alumina content (x) parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of non-magnetic powder excluding alumina satisfies four equations ynull4.6xnull12.2, ynull4.1xnull10.8, ynull13, ynull17. The abrasivity is measured such that an edge of a prismatic Sendust bar is pushed perpendiculary onto the back coat layer such that the magnetic recording medium_is pressed at an approaching angle of 12 degree, and the magnetic recording medium is supported by a tension of 0.526 N/cm per unit width and a 50-m length thereof is moved back and forth one time over the Sendust bar at a running speed of 0.3 m/s.
Abstract:
This invention uses a perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which first and second magnetic recording layers are coupled by antimagnetic exchange coupling, or a longitudinal magnetic recording medium in which three or more predetermined interlayers are formed between first and second magnetic recording layers, and these layers are coupled by antimagnetic exchange coupling.