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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Mikio Ikenishi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuko Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Xuelu Zou, Tokyo, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a glass substrate for an information recording medium, having excellent scratch resistance and a light weight and having high fracture toughness, the glass substrate having a fragility index value, measured in water, of 12 μmor less or having a fragility index value, measured in an atmosphere having a dew point of −5° C. or lower, of 7 μmor less, or the glass substrate comprising, by mol %, 40 to 75% of SiO, 2 to 45% of BOand/or AlOand 0 to 40% of R'O in which R′ is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K), wherein the total content of SiO, BO, AlOand R′O is at least 90 mol %, and a magnetic information recording medium comprising a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate.