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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1986
Yasuo Ishizaka, Yokohama, JP;
Noboru Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Eiichiro Imaoka, Sagamihara, JP;
Victor Company of Japan Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprises a recording medium base, a lower layer formed on the recording medium base, and an upper layer formed on the lower layer. The lower layer is made of a first material including cobalt, chromium and one or more elements other than cobalt and chromium. On the other hand, the upper layer is made of a second material including cobalt, chromium and one or more elements other than cobalt and chromium. A quantity of the one or more elements added to cobalt and chromium making up the second material is less than a quantity of the one or more elements added to cobalt and chromium making up the first material.