To provide an in-plane
magnetization film which allows 2.00 kOe or more in coercive force Hc and 2.00 memu / cm2 or more in
residual magnetization Mrt per unit area to be achieved by means of neither using a nonmagnetic underlying layer for accelerating the in-
plane orientation of a
magnetic layer nor performing a film formation by heating.SOLUTION: An in-plane
magnetization film comprises an initial
magnetic layer 12A containing Co, Pt and a nonmagnetic
grain boundary material, including Co of 44-82 at% and Pt of 18-56 at% to a total quantity of
metal components, including the nonmagnetic
grain boundary material of 2.0-31.0 vol.% to a whole volume, and having a thickness of 1-32 nm, and a
magnetic layer main body part 12B formed on the initial magnetic layer 12A, containing Co, Pt and a nonmagnetic
oxide, including Co of 44-82 at% and Pt of 18-56 at% to a total quantity of
metal components, and including the nonmagnetic
oxide of 2.0-31.0 vol.% to a whole volume. The nonmagnetic
grain boundary material of the initial magnetic layer 12A contains at least one kind of Zn
oxide and Ta oxide.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1