Abstract:
A MAAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING IT WHICH PERMITS THE PRODUCTION OF A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A HIGH INTRINSIC COERCIVITY GREATER THAN 300 OERSTEDS AND AN 0.95 SQUARE B-H HYSTERESIS LOOP PERMITTING HIGH SWITCHING SPEEDS AND HIGH DENSITY RECORDING. THE MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM COMPRISES AN ALUMINUM ALLOY DISC SUBSTRATE COVERED BY XINC AND NICKEL LAYERS, OVERLAID BY A GOLD FILM AND THIN-FILM COBALT MAGNETIC LAYER. THE FABRICATION PROCESS INVOLVES ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF THIN-FILM LAYERS OF ZINC AND NICKEL ON THE SUBSTRATE, THEN THE DEPOSITION OF A ONE-HALF MICRO-INCH GOLD LAYER CONVERTED BY A COBBALT PHOSPHORUS THIN-FILM LAYER. THE METHOD PROVIDES FOR TAILORING OF THE VALUE OF COERCIVITY INDEPENDENT OF THE THICKNESS OF THE MAGNNETIC FILM LAYER.
Abstract:
CIENT TO FORM SAID THIN-FILM OF OXIDES ON THE SURFACE OF THE RECORD MEDIUM, AND A THIN-FILM LUBRICANT OS SILICONE OIL WHICH IS MADE INTEGRAL WITH THE OXIDES OF THE OVERLAYER FOR PERMANENT RETENTION THEREBY. A RECORD DISC HAVING A PROTECTED THIN-FILM MAGNETIC RECORD SURFACE IS DISCLOSED WHEREIN THE MAGNETIC RECORD MEDIUM COMPRISES A THIN-FILM OF COBALT-PHOSPHOROUS AND A PROTECTIVE OVERLAYER INCLUDING IN COMBINATION THIN-FILM OXIDES FORMED ON THE SURFACE OF THE RECORD MEDIUM AND FIRMLY BONDED THERETO BY A PROCESS AND ON A TEMPERATURE AN AIR-FLOW OXIDIZING ATMOSPHERE AND IN A TEMPERATURE RANGE FROM 220* C. TO 280*C. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFI-