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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
Isao Ota, Sodegaura, JP;
Tohru Nishimura, Sodeguara, JP;
Kenji Tanimoto, Nei-gun, JP;
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an abrasive compound suitable for polishing the surface of a glass substrate for an optical disk platter or a magnetic disk platter. More specifically, the present invention provides an abrasive compound for a glass hard disk platter, characterized as comprising a stable slurry having water and, dispersed therein as an abrasive, cerium(IV) oxide particles having an average secondary particle size of 0.1 to 0.5 μm and containing CeOin a concentration of 0.2 to 30 wt %. Preferably, the present invention provides the above abrasive compound in which cerium amounts for 95% or more in terms of oxides of the total amount of rare earth elements in the abrasive.