Glass for data storage medium substrate, glass substrate for data storage medium and magnetic disk
To provide glass for a data storage medium substrate, whereby high heat resistance can be obtained. Glass for a data storage medium substrate, which comprises, as represented by mol percentage based on the following oxides, from 55 to 70% of SiO 2 , from 2.5 to 9% of Al 2 O 3 , from 0 to 10% of MgO, from 0 to 7% of CaO, from 0.5 to 10% of SrO, from 0 to 12.5% of BaO, from 0 to 2.5% of TiO 2 , from 0.5 to 3.7% of ZrO 2 , from 0 to 2.5% of Li 2 O, from 0 to 8% of Na 2 O, from 2 to 8% of K 2 O and from 0.5 to 5% of La 2 O 3 , provided that the total content of Al 2 O 3 and ZrO 2 (Al 2 O 3 +ZrO 2 ) is at most 12%, and the total content of Li 2 O, Na 2 O and K 2 O (R 2 O) is at most 12%.
1. Glass for a data storage medium substrate, which comprises, as represented by mol percentage based on the following oxides, from 55 to 70% of SiO 2 , from 2.5 to 9% of Al 2 O 3 , from 0 to 10% of MgO, from 0 to 7% of CaO, from 1 to 10% of SrO, from 0.5 to 12.5% of BaO, from 0 to 2.5% of TiO 2 from 0.5 to 3.7% of ZrO 2 , from 0 to 2.5% of Li 2 O, from 0 to 5% of Na 2 O, from 2 to 8% of K 2 O and from 0.5 to 5% of La 2 O 3 , provided that the total content of Al 2 O 3 and ZrO 2 (Al 2 O 3 +ZrO 2 ) is at most 12%, and the total content of Li 2 O, Na 2 O and K 2 O (R 2 O) is at most 10%, wherein a difference obtained by subtracting the Li 2 O content from the total content of SrO and BaO is at least 2 mol %.
2. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the mol ratio of the total content of Li 2 O and Na 2 O to the K 2 O content ((Li 2 O+Na 2 O)/K 2 O) is at most 1.4.
3. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the total content of MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO is at least 10 mol %.
4. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a value obtained by dividing a product of the Al 2 O 3 content multiplied by the total content of ZrO 2 , K 2 O and La 2 O 3 , by the total content of MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO (Al 2 O 3 ×(ZrO 2 +K 2 O+La 2 O 3 )÷(MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO)) is at most 4.0 mol %.
5. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the total content of Al 2 O 3 and ZrO 2 is at most 9 mol %, and the total content of Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , K 2 O and La 2 O 3 is at most the total content of MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO.
6. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the total content of Al 2 O 3 and ZrO 2 is more than 9 mol %, and the total content of ZrO 2 and K 2 O is less than 9 mol %.
7. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the total content of MgO, CaO and TiO 2 is at most 16 mol %.
8. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Al 2 O 3 is, as represented by mass percentage, less than 11%.
9. A glass substrate for a data storage medium, which is made of the glass for a data storage medium substrate as defined in claim 1 .
10. A magnetic disk having a magnetic recording layer formed on the glass substrate for a data storage medium as defined in claim 9 .
11. The glass for a data storage medium substrate according to claim 1 , which has a Young's modulus of 75 to 90 GPa.