Magnetic-disk glass substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11024335-B2
Application number	US-201816014687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2018
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A magnetic-disk glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass composition includes a pair of main surfaces and an outer circumferential side edge surface that is a mirror surface. The outer circumferential side edge surface includes a surface with a roughness percentage that is 40% or more 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 outer circumferential side edge surface obtained by etching the outer circumferential side edge surface by 2.5 μm is measured.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetic-disk glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass composition, the magnetic-disk glass substrate comprising:
a pair of main surfaces; and
an outer circumferential side edge surface including an outer side wall surface and outer chamfered surfaces arranged between the outer side wall surface and the main surfaces, the outer side wall surface being a mirror surface,
the outer side wall surface including a surface with a roughness percentage that is 40% or more and 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 outer side wall surface obtained by etching the outer side wall 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 1 , wherein
the outer chamfered surfaces are mirror surfaces and include a surface with the roughness percentage that is 40% or more and 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 outer chamfered surfaces obtained by etching the outer chamfered surfaces by 2.5 μm is measured.

4. 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.

5. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
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 outer side wall surface and one of the outer chamfered surfaces 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.

6. The magnetic-disk glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
the magnetic-disk glass substrate is a magnetic-disk glass substrate for a magnetic disk that 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. A glass substrate for a magnetic-disk glass substrate containing an alkali metal component as a glass composition, the glass substrate comprising:
a pair of main surfaces; and
an outer circumferential side edge surface including an outer side wall surface and outer chamfered surfaces arranged between the outer side wall surface and the main surfaces, the outer side wall surface being a mirror surface,
the outer side wall surface including a surface with a roughness percentage that is 40% or more and 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 outer side wall surface obtained by etching the outer side wall surface by 2.5 μm is measured.

13. The glass substrate according to claim 12 , wherein
the outer chamfered surfaces are mirror surfaces and include a surface with the roughness percentage that is 40% or more and 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 outer chamfered surfaces obtained by etching the outer chamfered surfaces by 2.5 μm is measured.

14. The glass substrate according to claim 12 , wherein
an arithmetic average surface roughness of the mirror surface is 0.015 μm or less.

15. The glass substrate according to claim 12 , wherein
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 outer side wall surface and one of the outer chamfered surfaces 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.

16. The glass substrate according to claim 12 , wherein
the glass substrate is a glass substrate for the magnetic-disk glass substrate 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.

17. The glass substrate according to claim 12 , wherein
the glass substrate is a glass substrate for the magnetic-disk glass substrate that is to be used as a magnetic disk for an energy-assisted magnetic recording method.

18. The glass substrate according to claim 12 , wherein
a glass transition point of glass of the glass substrate is 600° C. or more.

19. A method for manufacturing a magnetic-disk glass substrate, the method comprising:
preparing the glass substrate according to claim 12 ; and
polishing the main surfaces of the glass substrate.

20. A method for manufacturing a magnetic disk, comprising:
preparing the magnetic-disk glass substrate manufactured by the method according to claim 19 ; and
forming a magnetic layer on at least one of the main surfaces of the magnetic-disk glass substrate.

Assignees

• Hoya Corp

Inventors

• Azuma Shuhei

Classifications

• B24B31/112

  using magnetically consolidated grinding powder, moved relatively to the workpiece under the influence of pressure · CPC title

• G11B5/73921

  Glass or ceramic substrates · CPC title

• C03C2214/08

  Metals · CPC title

• C03C21/002

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

• B24B1/005

  using a magnetic polishing agent · CPC title