SPUTTERING TARGET FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sputtering target for a magnetic recording medium that enables a recording film which has a lower Pt content and higher density than before and also has high Ku and a high order parameter to be manufactured.SOLUTION: A sputtering target for a magnetic recording medium according to the present invention is a sintered body which contains one or both of at least Ir and Pd in a magnetic alloy containing Fe and Pt as metal dissolved in the magnetic alloy, and further contains carbon and one or both of metal oxide or silicon oxide as oxide. The magnetic alloy has a composition such that Pt is contained by 35-45 at.%, one or both of Ir and Pd is contained by 4-10 at.% in total, and Fe and inevitable impurities are contained for the rest, relative density of the sintered body being 90% or higher.SELECTED DRAWING: None