Glass substrate for magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording medium, and method of manufacturing the same
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1. A glass substrate which is for use in a magnetic recording medium and which has surface roughness Ra and Rmax, where Ra is representative of a center-line mean roughness, Rmax is defined as a maximum height representative of a difference between a highest point and a lowest point wherein:
- a surface roughness of at least a principal surface of the glass substrate is measured by the use of the interatomic force microscope (AFM), Ra falls within the range between 0.2 and 2.6 nm, Rmax falls within the range between 3 and 25 nm, and Rmax/Ra falls within the range between 3 and 35.
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Abstract
In a glass substrate for use in a magnetic recording medium, a surface roughness of at least a principal surface of the glass substrate is measured by the use of the interatomic force microscope (AFM), Ra falls within the range between 0.2 and 2.5 nm, Rmax falls within the range between 3 and 25 nm, and Rmax/Ra falls within the range between 3 and 35.
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17 Claims
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1. A glass substrate which is for use in a magnetic recording medium and which has surface roughness Ra and Rmax, where Ra is representative of a center-line mean roughness, Rmax is defined as a maximum height representative of a difference between a highest point and a lowest point wherein:
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a surface roughness of at least a principal surface of the glass substrate is measured by the use of the interatomic force microscope (AFM), Ra falls within the range between 0.2 and 2.6 nm, Rmax falls within the range between 3 and 25 nm, and Rmax/Ra falls within the range between 3 and 35. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of manufacturing a glass substrate which is for use in a magnetic recording medium, comprising the steps of:
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preparing a glass member in which Ra falls within the range between 0.1 and 1.0 nm when a surface roughness of a principal surface of said glass member is measured by the use of the interatomic force microscope (AFM), and chemically processing the surface so that Ra falls within the range between 0.2 and 2.5 nm, Rmax falls within the range between 3 and 25 nm, and Rmax/Ra falls within the range between 3 and 35, said glass member having surface roughness Ra and Rmax, where Ra is representative of a center-line mean roughness, Rmax is defined as a maximum height representative of a difference between a highest point and a lowest point, - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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8. A method of manufacturing a glass substrate which is for use in a magnetic recording medium, comprising the steps of:
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preparing a glass member in which Ra falls within the range between 0.1 and 1.0 nm when a surface roughness of a principal surface of said glass member is measured by the use of the interatomic force microscope (AFM), and processing at least the principle surface by the use of hydrofluosilic acid, said glass member having surface roughness Ra where Ra is representative of a center-line mean roughness.
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17. A method of manufacturing a glass substrate which is for use in a magnetic recording medium and which has surface roughness Ra and Rmax, where Ra is representative of a center-line mean roughness, Rmax is defined as a maximum height representative of a difference between a highest point and a lowest point, comprising the steps of:
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specifying a surface state of said glass substrate to improve flying characteristic of a magnetic head at every kinds of the magnetic head within a specific range Ra, Rmax and Rmax/Ra measured by the use of the interatomic force microscope (AFM);
processing the surface of the glass substrate under various surface processing conditions;
determining the surface processing condition so that Ra, Rmax and Rmax/Ra measured by the use of the interatomic force microscope (AFM) after the process falls within the specific range; and
processing the surface of said glass substrate based upon the determined surface processing condition.
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