Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium comprises a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic film which is formed on the non-magnetic substrate and the major component of which is iron nitride-oxide.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium and a process for producing it is disclosed. The medium is comprised of a non-magnetic flexible support base and a magnetic layer formed on a surface of the support base. The magnetic layer is preferably in the form of a thin, ferromagnetic metal film formed by vapor deposition. An overcoat layer of a fluorine-containing organic material is formed directly on the magnetic layer. The fluorine content of the overcoat layer continuously and gradually decreases in the direction toward the magnetic layer. Accordingly, high fluorine content near the surface of the overcoat layer provides improved smoothness near the surface whereas the lower fluorine content near the interface of the overcoat with the magnetic layer allows for strong adhesion between the overcoat and the underlying magnetic layer substrate. The media is formed by providing the flexible support base, forming the magnetic layer on the surface of the support base and forming the overcoat layer on the magnetic layer by performing plasma polymerizations of a fluorine-free monomer gas and a fluorine-containing monomer gas with a time lag. The overcoat layer is formed such that the fluorine content continually increases in a direction away from the magnetic layer.
Abstract:
A process for forming a vapor-deposited thin layer of organic material is disclosed. The process involves placing organic material on a support base within a vacuum chamber and providing a heat source in the vicinity of the organic material. A second support base is then provided within the vacuum chamber and heat is applied to the organic material at a temperature which causes the organic material to form vapors. The vapors are vapor-deposited on the second support base forming the thin layer of organic material. It is generally desirable to move both of the support bases during the vapor deposition process allowing the formation of a continuous uniform thin layer of organic material.
Abstract:
A nonbinder type of magnetic recording medium is disclosed. The binder is comprised of a non-magnetic support having thereon, in sequence, a thin magnetic metal film laminated using the evaporation technique and a protecting film, with the thin magnetic metal film converted in its surface part alone to a metal oxide layer by being oxidized with oxygen plasma, to a metal nitride layer by being nitrided with nitrogen plasma or to a glow discharge-processed layer. The protecting film includes a high molecular weight compound, a higher fatty acid, a fatty acid ester or a combination thereof, laminated on the metal oxide layer, the metal nitride layer or the glow discharge-processed layer.
Abstract:
This invention is a method of manufacturing heat-stable polyesters, characterized in that phosphonic acid compounds are added, when heat-stable polyesters with decreased terminal carboxyl groups are manufactured by reacting polyesters and cyclic carbonate compounds in the presence of an alkali halide compound catalyst.
Abstract:
A number of blocks made of a high magnetic permeability material are arranged in parallel with a very fine pitch on a non-magnetic substrate. A number of pairs of electrodes are provided to interpose the blocks therebetween. The pairs of electrodes are electrically connected with each other. A magnetic recording layer is provided adjacent to the blocks so that a part thereof is magnetized when the block adjacent thereto is excited. A pair of metal styluses or the like are put into contact with the electrodes and an electric current modulated with information is caused to flow through the styluses to excite the block interposed therebetween and magnetize the magnetic recording layer adjacent thereto when recording information. When reproducing the recorded information, a pair of metal styluses are put into contact with the opposite ends of the block and an electric current is caused flow through the block. The recorded information is read in the form of variation in electric current flowing therethrough or voltage thereacross obtained as the styluses are moved with respect to the recording medium along the direction in which the blocks are arranged.