摘要 |
A magnetic recording (vapor deposition) film medium having improved friction characteristics, running durability, and still characteristics are provided. The magnetic recording thin film medium comprises a non-magnetic support having on at least one surface thereof a magnetic layer, a protective layer formed on the magnetic layer, and a lubricant layer formed on the protective layer, wherein the magnetic recording medium is obtained by that after forming the magnetic layer on the surface of the non-magnetic support conveyed along the surface of a cooling roll, a carbon-containing plasma polymerized film is formed on the magnetic layer as the protective layer, while conveying the non-magnetic support having the magnetic layer along the surface of a cooling roll, and after surface-treating the carbon-containing plasma polymerized film on the same cooling roll as the protective layer-forming roll or on a different cooling roll from the protective layer-forming roll without applying a bias voltage to the surface-treatment roll, whereby a double bond component of carbon and oxygen is incorporated in the surface of the carbon-containing plasma polymerized film at a ratio of from 1.4 to 7.5 atomic % to the whole carbon amount of the surface of the carbon-containing plasma polymerized film, and the lubricant layer made up of an ester of a fluorinated alcohol and a fatty acid is then formed on the carbon-containing plasma polymerized film. |