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Process for producing a magnetic recording medium

Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1981-03-06
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-03-06
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Abstract

Abstract A process for producing a magnetic recording medium comprises heating a crucible (11) containing a ferromagnetic material (17) in a high vacuum (2) corresponding to a pressure of 8 x 10<-><4> torr or lower thereby vaporizing the ferromagnetic material (17), impinging accelerated electrons from an electron radiation source (12) against the vapor particles to ionize them, and accelerating the resulting ionized vapor particles in an electric field (14) and impinging them against a substrate (5) composed of a non-magnetic material to form a ferromagnetic thin film thereon.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shinsaku Nakata
  • 👤 Yoichi Mikami
  • 👤 Kazuhiro Fukaya
  • 👤 Masahiro Hotta

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 23:19
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/22; C23C14/24; C23C14/32; G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/84; G11B5/8416; H; H01; H01F; H01F41/00; H01F41/14; H01F41/20

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 98 words
A process for producing a magnetic recording medium by ion-plating a non-magnetic substrate (5) with a ferromagnetic material (17), characterised by heating a crucible (11) containing ferromagnetic material (17) in a high vacuum (2) corresponding to a pressure of 8 x 10 -4 torr or lower thereby vaporizing the ferromagnetic material (17), impinging accelerated electrons from an electron radiation source (12) against the vapor particles to ionize them, and accelerating the resulting ionized vapor particles in an electric field and impinging them against a substrate (5) composed of a non-magnetic material to form a ferromagnetic thin film thereon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 98 words
A process for producing a magnetic recording medium by ion-plating a non-magnetic substrate (5) with a ferromagnetic material (17), characterised by heating a crucible (11) containing ferromagnetic material (17) in a high vacuum (2) corresponding to a pressure of 8 x 10 -4 torr or lower thereby vaporizing the ferromagnetic material (17), impinging accelerated electrons from an electron radiation source (12) against the vapor particles to ionize them, and accelerating the resulting ionized vapor particles in an electric field and impinging them against a substrate (5) composed of a non-magnetic material to form a ferromagnetic thin film thereon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 13 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the ferromagnetic material (17) comprises cobalt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
A process according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the ferromagnetic material (17) is vaporised by impinging accelerated electrons both against a crucible (11) having electric conductivity and against the ferromagnetic material (17).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 36 words
A process according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the vapor particles of the ferromagnetic material (17) are ionized by an electron current of at least 30 mA released from be electron radiation source (12).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 13 words
A process according to claim 3 wherein the conductive crucible (11) is grounded.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 41 words
A process according to any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the accelerated ionized vapor particles are impinged against the substrate (5), at an angle of incidence of at least 30° with respect to the perpendicular to the substrate (5).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 20 words
A process according to any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the substrate (5) is a polyethylene terephthalate film.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

DE2435887A1 Cited
DE2547552A1 Cited
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FR2376485A1 Cited

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