Magnetic recording medium
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1. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
- a substrate;
a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and
a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating,wherein said coating contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead.
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Abstract
A magnetic recording medium having a diamond-like carbon (DLC) film added therein a Group IV element of the periodic table such as silicon, particularly in the vicinity of the boundary between the magnetic material and the formed DLC film. Since a DLC having low friction coefficient can be formed, the centerline average roughness can be reduced to 30 nm or even less. Accordingly, a magnetic recording medium improved in magnetic properties and in lubricity can be obtained.
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1. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and wherein said coating has a thickness of 10 to 200Å
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21. A magnetic recording medium comprising;
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating contains hydrogen and an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and wherein said hydrogen functions as a terminator of a dangling bond in said coating. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and wherein said coating further contains an element selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum, gallium, nitrogen, phosphorus and arsenic. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating contains hydrogen and an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and wherein said medium is one of an audio tape, a video tape, a floppy disk and a hard disk. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating comprises at least two layers, and a lowermost one of said at least two layers which is provided adjacent to said magnetic layer contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and an uppermost one of said at least two layers contains no element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating comprises at least two layers, and a lowermost one of said at least two layers which is provided adjacent to said magnetic layer contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and an uppermost one of said at least two layers contains no element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and wherein said coating contains hydrogen. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A magnetic recording medium comprising;
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating comprises at least two layers, and a lowermost one of said at least two layers which is provided adjacent to said magnetic layer contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and wherein said coating contains an element selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum, gallium, nitrogen, phosphorus and arsenic. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A magnetic recording medium comprising:
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a substrate; a coating comprising carbon including SP3 carbon bond provided over said substrate; and a magnetic layer provided between said substrate and said coating, wherein said coating comprises at least two layers, and a lowermost one of said at least two layers which is provided adjacent to said magnetic layer contains an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and an uppermost one of said at least two layers contains no element selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, tin and lead, and wherein said medium is one of an audio tape, a video tape, a floppy disk and a hard disk. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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