Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording disk device

摘要

A magnetic recording medium and a magnetic disk device using the same. The magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic substrate having applied thereon, through a chromium-based underlayer, at least one magnetic recording layer consisting of cobalt as a principal component, 14 to 23 at % of chromium, 1 to 20 at % of platinum as well as tungsten and carbon. The magnetic recording medium exhibits reduced noise, an improved resolution of the reproducing waveforms and an increased S/N ratio.