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Magnetic recording medium

US4761334A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 1985
Grant dateAug 2, 1988
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/26
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording medium in which a silicon nitride film is formed on a magnetic recording layer having an axis of easy magnetization in the direction essentially perpendicular to its own layer surface. The magnetic recording layer is a metallic magnetic film such as a Co-Cr containing alloy. The silicon nitride film is preferably in a state in which the number of nitrogen atoms is less than four thirds of the number of silicon atoms. A lubricant layer such as a layer of fluorocarbon can be formed on the silicon nitride film.

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