Patent ID: 9646643
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G11B,H01F

Claim:
1. A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium by sequentially forming a magnetic recording layer, a protection layer, and a lubricant layer on a stacked body, comprising: forming the lubricant layer of a lubricant on a surface of the protection layer by vapor-phase lubrication, that introduces vapor of a high molecular compound of the lubricant, without exposing the stacked body to atmosphere after forming the protection layer on the stacked body; and injecting nitrogen atoms or oxygen atoms onto the surface of the protection layer after forming the protection layer and before forming the lubricant layer, wherein the injecting controls a bonded ratio between the protection layer and the lubricant layer to a value, within a range of 60% to 99%, that is lower than a bonded ratio for a case in which the nitrogen atoms or the oxygen atoms are not injected onto the surface of the protection layer after forming the protection layer and before forming the lubricant layer.