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Magnetic recording medium

US4587178A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 1982
Grant dateMay 6, 1986
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/265
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording medium comprising a support, a first layer formed on the support by evaporating cobalt or its alloy by an oblique-incidence vacuum evaporation technique, and a second plated layer made of cobalt or its alloy and formed by a wet plating. The cobalt alloy for the first layer substantially consists of, aside from cobalt, up to 30 wt % of Ni, Fe, Cu, W, Cr, Ru or a mixture thereof. On the other hand, the cobalt alloy for the second layer substantially consists of up to 40 wt % of Ni, up to 8 wt % of P and the balance of Co.

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