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Magnetic recording medium and method for producing the same
Assignee: Maxell Ltd
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Filing: 1988-03-21
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Granted: 1991-12-17
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Expires: 2008-03-21
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate and a ferromagnetic metal layer, wherein the ferromagnetic metal layer includes hydrated amorphous cobalt oxide, a X-ray photoelectron spectra which is characterized in that, in the Co2p spectrum, a ratio of a peak height at 785.9+/-0.3 eV to that at 780.0+/-0.3 eV is 40/100 or less when a background (BG) line is drawn between lower energy side leading edge points of peaks at 780.0+/-0.3 eV (2p3/2) and 795.6+/-0.3 eV (2p1/2) and, in the O1s spectrum, a ratio of a peak height at 529.3+/-0.4 eV to that at 530.8+/-0.4 eV is from 100:110 to 100:50 when a background line is drawn between the lower energy side leading edge point and the higher energy side leading edge point of a complex peak at 530.5+/-2.5 eV from which the peaks at 529.3+/-0.4 eV and 530.8+/-0.4 are derived by peak synthesis, which has good corrosion and wear resistance.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideaki Niimi
- 👤 Noboru Isoe
- 👤 Kunio Wakai
- 👤 Tetsuo Mizumura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-08 23:47
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/64; G11B5/66; G11B5/667; G11B5/65; G11B5/656; G11B5/72; G11B5/726; G11B5/7262; G11B5/7264; G11B5/84; G11B5/85; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A magnetic recording medium comprising: a substrate; a ferromagnetic metal layer formed on said substrate; and an outer skin layer which is formed on said ferromagnetic metal layer, said outer skin layer comprising a hydrated amorphous cobalt oxide, the X-ray photoelectron spectra of which is characterized in that, in the CO 2p spectrum, a ratio of a peak height at 785.9±0.3 eV to that at 780.0±0.3 eV is 40/100 or less when a background (BG) line is drawn between the lower energy side leading edge points of peaks at 780.0±0.3 eV (2p 3/2 ) and 795.6±0.3 eV (2p 1/2 ) and, in the O 1s spectrum, a ratio of a peak height at 529.3±0.4 eV to that at 530.8±0.4 eV is from 100:110 to 100:50 when a background line is drawn between the lower energy side leading edge point and the higher energy side leading edge point of a complex peak at 530.5±2.5 eV which is separated into two component peaks at 529.3±0.4 eV and 530.8±0.4.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A magnetic recording medium comprising: a substrate; a ferromagnetic metal layer formed on said substrate; and an outer skin layer which is formed on said ferromagnetic metal layer, said outer skin layer comprising a hydrated amorphous cobalt oxide, the X-ray photoelectron spectra of which is characterized in that, in the CO 2p spectrum, a ratio of a peak height at 785.9±0.3 eV to that at 780.0±0.3 eV is 40/100 or less when a background (BG) line is drawn between the lower energy side leading edge points of peaks at 780.0±0.3 eV (2p 3/2 ) and 795.6±0.3 eV (2p 1/2 ) and, in the O 1s spectrum, a ratio of a peak height at 529.3±0.4 eV to that at 530.8±0.4 eV is from 100:110 to 100:50 when a background line is drawn between the lower energy side leading edge point and the higher energy side leading edge point of a complex peak at 530.5±2.5 eV which is separated into two component peaks at 529.3±0.4 eV and 530.8±0.4.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The magnetic recording according to claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic metal comprises columnar metal particles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 2, wherein an inner skin layer of cobalt oxide is formed on said ferromagnetic metal layer below said outer skin layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 3, wherein said inner skin layer has a thickness of 100 angstroms and said outer skin layer contains oxygen in an average amount of from about 20 to 50 atomic percent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 4, wherein said ferromagnetic metal is an alloy of cobalt and nickel and wherein said magnetic recording medium exhibits a stable coefficient of friction and high corrosion resistance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, which further comprises a lubricating layer formed on said outer skin layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 6, wherein said ferromagnetic metal layer consists of columnar metal particles, and an inner skin layer of cobalt oxide is formed on said ferromagnetic metal layer below said outer skin layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 7, wherein said ferromagnetic metal is an alloy of cobalt and nickel, said inner skin layer has a thickness of 100 angstroms and said outer skin layer contains oxygen in an average amount of from about 20 to 50 atomic percent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 8, wherein said lubricating layer is from 30 to 500 angstroms in thickness and comprises at least one lubricant selected from the group consisting of aliphatic lubricants, fluorine-containing lubricants, silicones, and hydrocarbons.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
69 words
A method for producing a magnetic recording medium, which comprises forming a ferromagnetic metal layer which contains cobalt on at least one surface of a substrate, subjecting said ferromagnetic metal layer to an atmosphere containing water vapor under a partial pressure of about 10 -3 torr or higher to deposit moisture on the surface of said ferromagnetic metal layer and then oxidizing said ferromagnetic metal in a dry atmosphere.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
69 words
A method for producing a magnetic recording medium, which comprises forming a ferromagnetic metal layer which contains cobalt on at least one surface of a substrate, subjecting said ferromagnetic metal layer to an atmosphere containing water vapor under a partial pressure of about 10 -3 torr or higher to deposit moisture on the surface of said ferromagnetic metal layer and then oxidizing said ferromagnetic metal in a dry atmosphere.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein said atmosphere containing water vapor has a relative humidity of from 30% to 80% at room temperature.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method according to claim 11, wherein, after depositing moisture on said ferromagnetic metal layer, the pressure is reduced to 100 torr or lower and then oxidation of said ferromagnetic metal layer is carried out in an atmosphere containing oxygen at partial pressure of higher than 100 torr.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 12, wherein said ferromagnetic metal layer is formed on said substrate by vacuum deposition of the metal in the presence of oxygen.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 10, which further comprises forming a lubricating layer on said ferromagnetic layer after oxidizing said ferromagnetic metal layer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
43 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 5, wherein said alloy of cobalt and nickel comprises 20% by weight of cobalt and 80% by weight of nickel, and wherein said substrate comprises synthetic resin or a mixture of synthetic resin and inorganic material.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
43 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 9, wherein said alloy of cobalt and nickel comprises 20% by weight of cobalt and 80% by weight of nickel, and wherein said substrate comprises synthetic resin or a mixture of synthetic resin and inorganic material.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
The magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic metal layer comprises an alloy selected from the group consisting of a cobalt-nickel alloy, a cobalt-chromium alloy, a cobalt-phosphorous, cobalt-iron alloy, a cobalt-nickel-phosphorous alloy, a cobalt-iron-chromium alloy, and a cobalt-nickel-chromium alloy.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 13, which further comprises forming a lubricating layer on said ferromagnetic layer after oxidizing said ferromagnetic metal layer.
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