Abstract:
There is provided a magnetic recording medium in which a contact angle with water, which is measured on a surface of the magnetic layer, is 96 degrees or more, a fluorine concentration F obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 1.0 at % or more and less than 5.0 at %, and ΔC calculated by Equation ΔC=Cbefore−Cafter is 10.0 at % or more and 30.0 at % or less. The Cbefore is a C—H derived carbon concentration calculated from a C—H peak surface area ratio in C1s spectra obtained by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at the photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees before a methanol extraction treatment, and the Cafter is a C—H derived carbon concentration after the methanol extraction treatment.
Abstract:
The magnetic recording medium has a nonmagnetic layer containing nonmagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on the nonmagnetic layer, wherein a thickness of the nonmagnetic layer ranges from 0.10 to 0.60 μm; and the magnetic layer further contains nonmagnetic filler satisfying equation 1 below and having a Vickers hardness of less than or equal to 122 N/mm2: 1. 150≦D2/D1≦1.300 Equation 1: wherein, in equation 1, D1 is a value, with a unit of μm, obtained from equation 2 below: D 1 = 6 ρ · S , Equation 2 D2 is an average particle size, with a unit of μm, of the nonmagnetic filler, and in equation 2, ρ denotes a density, with a unit of g/cm3, of the nonmagnetic filler and S denotes a specific surface area, with a unit of m2/g, of the nonmagnetic filler.
Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, which comprises a nonmagnetic layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, and a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on the nonmagnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer further comprises carbon black, and a state in which the carbon black is present, as observed in a reflection electron image of a surface of the magnetic layer obtained by a scanning electron microscope, satisfies condition 1 and condition 2 below: condition 1: a number of carbon black particles with a particle size of greater than or equal to 140 nm is greater than or equal to 30 per 1,000 μm2 of area; and condition 2: a number of carbon black particles with a particle size of greater than or equal to 220 nm is less than or equal to 10 per 1,000 μm2 of area.
Abstract:
The magnetic recording medium comprises protrusions on a surface of a magnetic layer such that when protrusions of equal to or more than 8 nm in height as measured by AFM on the surface of the magnetic layer are divided into protrusions A formed of a spherical material and protrusions B formed of a non-spherical material, a value a, obtained by adding three times a standard deviation σ of heights of protrusions A to an average value of the heights of protrusions A, a value b, obtained by adding three times a standard deviation σ of heights of protrusions B to an average value of the heights of protrusions B, and a difference c, obtained by subtracting b from a, are calculated, conditions 13 nm≦a≦25 nm, 13 nm≦b≦25 nm, and 0.0 nm≦c≦10 nm are satisfied.
Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention relates to an alumina dispersion, which is employed to manufacture a particulate magnetic recording medium, comprises alumina, a solvent, and a dispersing agent in the form of an aromatic hydrocarbon compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group, and essentially does not comprise ferromagnetic powder.
Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, which comprises a nonmagnetic layer containing a nonmagnetic powder and a binder and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binder in this order on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the nonmagnetic layer has a thickness of equal to or less than 300 nm; a composite elastic modulus as measured on a surface of the magnetic layer ranges from 6.0 to 8.0 GPa; the magnetic layer comprises an abrasive with a specific surface area by BET method ranging from 14 m2/g to 40 m2/g; and a surface abrasive occupancy on a surface of the magnetic layer ranges from 0.2% to 2%.