摘要:
A disk substrate for a perpendicular magnetic recording medium is, disclosed. The substrate exhibits sufficient productivity, serves the function of a soft magnetic backing layer of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium, and scarcely generates noise. A perpendicular magnetic recording medium using such a substrate also is disclosed. The disk substrate comprises at least a soft magnetic underlayer formed on a nonmagnetic base plate by means of an electroless plating method. The thermal expansion coefficient of the soft magnetic underlayer is larger than a thermal expansion coefficient of the nonmagnetic disk-shaped base plate. A saturation magnetostriction constant λs satisfies a relation λs≧−1×10−5.
摘要:
A method of plating on a glass substrate allowing an electroless plating film with good adhesiveness to be formed by chemically bonding a silane coupling agent in a state of simple adhesion or hydrogen bond to the surface of the glass substrate through dehydration condensation reaction, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium using the plating method. In the plating method, electroless plating is performed on a glass substrate after sequentially conducting at least the adhesion layer formation that forms an adhesion layer using a silane coupling agent solution, catalyst layer formation, a catalyst activation, and a drying that chemically bonds the silane coupling agent in the adhesion layer to the surface of the glass substrate.
摘要:
To avoid troubles associated with high-density recording and fast transfer rate, such as decomposition of lubricant involved in a low floating height magnetic head and migration of lubricants involved in high speed rotation of a magnetic recording medium, and to provide a magnetic recording medium which achieves stable resistance to environment and stable lubricating characteristics, a magnetic recording medium includes a base body and the layers formed on the base body, including a non-magnetic metal underlayer, a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubricant layer. The lubricant of the lubricant layer includes a perfluoropolyether liquid lubricant having an alcohol end group(s) and a perfluoropolyether liquid lubricant having an amine end group(s) of tertiary amine structure.
摘要:
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer including a charge generation material and a charge transport material. The charge generation material is a titanyloxyphthalocyanine crystal having a maximum diffraction intensity observed at Bragg angle (2.theta.) of 9.6.degree..+-.0.2.degree. and clear peaks of diffraction intensity observed at 7.22.degree..+-.0.2.degree., 9.60.degree..+-.0.2.degree., 11.60.degree..+-.0.2.degree., 13.40.degree..+-.0.2.degree., 14.88.degree..+-.0.2.degree., 18.34.degree..+-.0.2.degree., 23.62.degree..+-.0.2.degree., 24.14.degree..+-.0.2.degree., and 27.32.degree..+-.0.2.degree., respectively, in a X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained by performing a X-ray diffraction method using CuK.alpha. as a source of radiation, and having a lattice constant of: a=16.3058 .ANG., b=23.078 .ANG., and c=8.7115 .ANG., .alpha.=101.352.degree., .beta.=23.078.degree., and .gamma.=117.530.degree., with an allowable error of .+-.1%.
摘要:
A plating method on a glass base plate is disclosed. The method allows an electroless plating film to be formed on a base plate composed of a glass material with excellent adhesivity through a process that removes alkaline and alkaline earth metals on the surface of the base plate. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium employing the method of plating on a glass base plate. Before forming a plating film in a step of electroless plating, a series of surface treatments are conducted on the surface of the base plate composed of a glass material. The series of surface treatments comprises at least an ultraviolet light irradiation, an etching treatment, an adhesion layer formation treatment, a catalyst layer formation treatment, and a catalyst activation treatment.
摘要:
A method of plating on a glass substrate allowing an electroless plating film with good adhesiveness to be formed by chemically bonding a silane coupling agent in a state of simple adhesion or hydrogen bond to the surface of the glass substrate through dehydration condensation reaction, and a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium using the plating method. In the plating method, electroless plating is performed on a glass substrate after sequentially conducting at least the adhesion layer formation that forms an adhesion layer using a silane coupling agent solution, catalyst layer formation, a catalyst activation, and a drying that chemically bonds the silane coupling agent in the adhesion layer to the surface of the glass substrate.
摘要:
A glass substrate is pretreated before forming a Ni—P plating layer thereon. The pretreating process includes degreasing and glass activation treatments of the surface of the nonmagnetic substrate, applying a nickel chelate agent or a nickel soap agent on the substrate surface, a metallizing baking treatment of the nickel-containing agent, an activation treatment of the metallized nickel film to form a nickel adhesion layer, a treatment to form a palladium catalyst layer on the nickel adhesion layer, forming the Ni—P plating layer on the palladium catalyst layer by electroless plating in the range of phosphorus concentration of 1 to 13 wt %, and heat treating the Ni—P plating layer.
摘要:
A method of manufacture of a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, which has both high substrate strength and low alkaline elution, includes an etching process of etching the inner-edge face of a donut-shaped glass substrate having an aluminosilicate composition, formed by removing the center portion of a die-molded disc-shaped glass substrate, and an alkali sealing process of performing alkali sealing treatment by proton substitution of alkali ions in the surface layer of the etched donut-shaped glass substrate. The process is used to manufacture a magnetic recording medium incorporating a glass substrate having a total alkaline elution amount of less than 3.1 μg/disk, wherein the magnetic recording medium has a transverse rupture strength greater than 132 N.
摘要:
A method of plating on a glass base plate is disclosed. The method allows a plating film to be formed on a base plate composed of a glass material with excellent adhesivity and homogeneity by means of an electroless plating method, even to a thickness of 1 μm or more. Before forming the plating film by electroless plating, a series of surface treatments are conducted on the surface of the base plate composed of a glass material. The surface treatments comprises at least a glass activation treatment, a silane coupling agent treatment, a palladium catalyst treatment, a palladium bonding treatment, ab electroless plating to form a preliminary plating film having a thickness in the range of 0.02 μm to 0.5 μm, and an annealing at a temperature in the range of 200° C. to 350° C.
摘要:
The method of increasing adhesion between a substrate and an electroless plating layer, and treating the substrate for electroless plating, includes removing any excess alkali from the surface of the substrate, etching the surface of the glass substrate, forming an adhesion layer, forming a catalyst layer on the adhesion layer, and forming an electroless plating film on the catalyst layer.