Polishing composition comprising water,
abrasive grains consisting of
silicon dioxide, and a water-
soluble polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000,000 or less and a molecular
weight distribution, represented by the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) / number-average molecular weight (Mn), of less than 5.0, wherein the water-
soluble polymer comprises at least one selected from a
cellulose derivative, a
starch derivative,
polyvinyl alcohol, a
polymer having a
polyvinyl alcohol structure, a
polymer having a polyoxyalkylene structure, and a
polymer having a
nitrogen atom in a main chain or in a functional group of a
side chain thereof; wherein the polymer having a
nitrogen atom in a main chain or in a functional group of a
side chain thereof is selected from: (i) a nonionic polymer having a
nitrogen atom in a main chain or in a functional group of a
side chain thereof; or (ii) the group consisting of: a polymer containing
monomer units of the N-(
meth)acryloyl type, a polymer containing
monomer units of the N-vinyl type, a homopolymer of a vinyl
monomer with an amino group, and a
copolymer of a vinyl monomer with an amino group, wherein the polymer, containing monomer units of the N-(
meth)acryloyl type, is a homopolymer of a monomer of the N-(
meth)acryloyl type or a
copolymer of a monomer of the N-(meth)acryloyl type, wherein the monomer of the N-(meth)acryloyl type is a chain
amide with an N-(meth)acryloyl group or a cyclic
amide with an N-(meth)acryloyl group, wherein the chain
amide with the N-(meth)acryloyl group is an N-
alkyl(meth)
acrylamide or an N,N-dialkyl(meth)
acrylamide, wherein the polymer, containing monomer units of the N-vinyl type, is a homopolymer of an N-vinyllactam type monomer, a
copolymer of an N-vinyllactam type monomer, a homopolymer of an N-vinyl chain amide or a copolymer of an N-vinyl chain amide, where the N-vinyl chain amide is N-vinylacetamide, N-vinylpropionamide or N-vinylbutyramide, and where the vinyl monomer with the amino group is aminoethyl(meth)
acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl(meth)
acrylate or N,N-dimethylaminopropyl(meth)
acrylate.