Glass substrate for a magnetic disk, a magnetic disk which can be formed with a stable texture and a magnetic disk device
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1. A glass substrate for a magnetic disk, comprising:
- a glass substrate having an information recording surface which is formed in the surface of the glass substrate, wherein the surface part of the glass substrate is substantially free from a chemical strengthening layer, and wherein said glass substrate contains a rare earth element which increases the mechanical strength of the glass substrate, the rare earth element being selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu and being contained in an amount of 3 to 10 weight % on the basis of conversion to Ln2O3 (Ln=rare earth element), and a transition metal oxide.
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A glass substrate for a magnetic disk contains a transition metal. The substrate, which is subjected to formation of zone texturing by irradiating the substrate with a laser beam, has a high mechanical strength even if it is not chemically strengthened. The glass substrate contains a transition metal element and has a transmittance of 10% of less for light in a wavelength range of 300 to 2000 nm. The surface roughness of an information recording surface portion thereof is 2.0 nm or less. In addition to a transition metal element, the glass substrate may include a rare earth metal element.
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1. A glass substrate for a magnetic disk, comprising:
a glass substrate having an information recording surface which is formed in the surface of the glass substrate, wherein the surface part of the glass substrate is substantially free from a chemical strengthening layer, and wherein said glass substrate contains a rare earth element which increases the mechanical strength of the glass substrate, the rare earth element being selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu and being contained in an amount of 3 to 10 weight % on the basis of conversion to Ln2O3 (Ln=rare earth element), and a transition metal oxide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10)
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8. A glass substrate for a magnetic disk, comprising:
a glass substrate having an information recording surface which is formed in the surface of the glass substrate, wherein the glass substrate contains a rare earth element which increases the mechanical strength of the glass substrate, the rare earth element being selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu and being contained in an amount of 3 to 10 weight % on the basis of conversion to Ln2O3 (Ln=rare earth element), and a transition metal oxide. - View Dependent Claims (9, 11)
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