Magnetic-disk glass substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10032472-B2
Application number	US-201515122377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

An edge surface of a magnetic-disk glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass composition is a mirror surface, and in a bearing ratio curve of roughness cross-sectional areas obtained by measuring a surface roughness of the edge surface obtained by etching the edge surface by 2.5 μm, a roughness percentage when a bearing ratio of a roughness cross-sectional area is 50% is 40% or more.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A magnetic-disk glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass composition, the magnetic-disk glass substrate comprising:
an edge surface that is a mirror surface,
the edge surface including a surface with a roughness percentage that is 40% or more and about 67% or less when a bearing ratio of a roughness cross-sectional area is 50%, in a bearing ratio curve of roughness cross-sectional areas obtained when a surface roughness of the edge surface obtained by etching the edge surface by 2.5 μm is measured.

2. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
the roughness percentage is 60% or less.

3. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 2 , wherein
the edge surface includes a side wall surface and a chamfered surface arranged between the side wall surface and a main surface of the magnetic-disk glass substrate, and
the side wall surface and the chamfered surface include a surface with the roughness percentage that is 40% or more when the bearing ratio of the roughness cross-sectional area is 50%, in the bearing ratio curve.

4. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 2 , wherein
an arithmetic average surface roughness of the mirror surface is 0.015 μm or less.

5. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
the edge surface includes a side wall surface and a chamfered surface arranged between the side wall surface and a main surface of the magnetic-disk glass substrate, and
the side wall surface and the chamfered surface include a surface with the roughness percentage that is 40% or more when the bearing ratio of the roughness cross-sectional area is 50% in the bearing ratio curve.

6. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 5 , wherein
an arithmetic average surface roughness of the mirror surface is 0.015 μm or less.

7. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
an arithmetic average surface roughness of the mirror surface is 0.015 μm or less.

8. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
the edge surface includes a side wall surface and a chamfered surface arranged between the side wall surface and a main surface of the magnetic-disk glass substrate, and
when a measurement point is provided every 30 degrees in a circumferential direction, referenced on a center of the magnetic-disk glass substrate, and a radius of curvature of a cross-sectional shape of a portion at which the side wall surface and the chamfered surface are connected to each other at the measurement point is obtained, a difference in the radius of curvature between measurement points is 0.01 mm or less.

9. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
the glass substrate is configured to be mounted on a hard disk drive together with a magnetic head on which a head disc interface sensor is mounted and that is configured to control a protrusion amount of at least one of a recording element and a reproduction element based on a signal from the head disc interface sensor.

10. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
the glass substrate is configured for use as a magnetic disk for an energy-assisted magnetic recording method.

11. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a glass transition point of glass of the magnetic-disk glass substrate is 600° C. or more.

12. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a surface roughness Ra of a main surface of the magnetic-disk glass substrate is 0.15nm or less.

13. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a microwaviness μWa of a main surface of the magnetic-disk glass substrate is 0.15nm or less.

14. A magnetic disk comprising:
at least a magnetic layer on a main surface of the magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 .

15. A glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass composition, the glass substrate comprising:
an edge surface that is a mirror surface,
the edge surface including a surface with a roughness percentage that is 40% or more and about 67% or less when a bearing ratio of a roughness cross-sectional area is 50%, in a bearing ratio curve of roughness cross-sectional areas obtained when a surface roughness of the edge surface obtained by etching the edge surface by 2.5 μm is measured.

16. The glass substrate according to claim 15 , wherein
the roughness percentage is 60% or less.

17. The glass substrate according to claim 15 , wherein
the edge surface includes a side wall surface and a chamfered surface arranged between the side wall surface and a main surface of the glass substrate, and
the side wall surface and the chamfered surface include a surface with the roughness percentage that is 40% or more when the bearing ratio of the roughness cross-sectional area is 50% in the bearing ratio curve.

18. The glass substrate according to claim 15 , wherein
an arithmetic average surface roughness of the mirror surface is 0.015 μm or less.

19. The glass substrate according to claim 15 , wherein
the edge surface includes a side wall surface and a chamfered surface arranged between the side wall surface and a main surface of the glass substrate, and
when a measurement point is provided every 30 degrees in a circumferential direction, referenced on a center of the glass substrate, and a radius of curvature of a cross-sectional shape of a portion at which the side wall surface and the chamfered surface are connected to each other at the measurement point is obtained, a difference in the radius of curvature between measurement points is 0.01 mm or less.

20. A method for manufacturing a magnetic-disk glass substrate, the method comprising:
polishing a main surface of the glass substrate according to claim 15 .

Assignees

• Hoya Corp

Inventors

• Azuma Shuhei

Classifications

• G11B5/82

  Disk carriers · CPC title

• B24B1/005

  using a magnetic polishing agent · CPC title

• C03C2214/08

  Metals · CPC title

• B24B9/107

  for glass plates while they are turning · CPC title

• C03C21/002

  to perform ion-exchange between alkali ions (C03C21/005 takes precedence) · CPC title