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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2009
Yoshiyuki Kuboki, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kuboki, Matsumoto, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium exhibiting a high recording density performance is disclosed. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a soft magnetic underlayer, a first seed layer, a second seed layer, an intermediate layer, a granular magnetic recording layer, a non-granular magnetic recording layer, a protective layer, and a lubricant layer laminated on a nonmagnetic substrate in this order. The first seed layer contains cobalt, nickel, and at least one element selected from a group consisting of Si, Cr, V, Zr, Nb, Ta, Ti, Cu, and Mo, and the second seed layer contains nickel, chromium, and at least one element selected from a group consisting of Si, V, Zr, Nb, Ta, Ti, Cu, and Mo.