摘要 |
An underlayer (8A) of a magnetic recording medium (16) includes first and second non-magnetic, chromium-based layers (18, 20), at least one of the first and second chromium-based layers being a chromium alloy. The lattice parameter of the composite underlayer is between the lattice parameters of the first and second chromium-based layers. Recognizing this permits one to predictably adjust the lattice parameter of the composite underlayer to be close to the lattice parameter of the magnetic layer (10) so to optimize magnetic and parametric properties.
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