(i) a substrate; (ii) an underlayer provided on the substrate; and (iii) a spinel-type iron oxide film which comprises maghemite as a main component and which is provided on the underlayer, said spinel-type iron oxide film having a thickness (t) of 5 to 50 nm, being constituted of grains having an average grain size (D) of 5 to 30 nm, a standard deviation of grain sizes of not more than 4 nm and a ratio (D/t) of the average grain size (D) to the thickness (t) of less than 1.0, and exhibiting a coercive force of not less than 159 kA/m (2,000 Oe) and a coercive squareness ratio S* of not less than 0.5:1 in a longitudinal recording medium or a squareness ratio not less than 0.75:1 in a perpendicular recording medium.
摘要:
A magnetic recording medium comprises a substrate and a maghemite film which is carried on the substrate and which has a surface roughness represented by a center line mean roughness Ra of 0.1 to 1.0 nm and a coercive force squareness S* value of not less than 0.50.