Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10902874B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US16522867

    申请日:2019-07-26

    Inventor: Norihito Kasada

    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which an absolute value ΔN of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured regarding an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured regarding a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40, and a coefficient of friction measured regarding a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.30, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape.

    Magnetic recording medium having characterized magnetic layer

    公开(公告)号:US10714139B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16037564

    申请日:2018-07-17

    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the magnetic layer contains an abrasive, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of (110) plane of a crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite, determined by performing X-ray diffraction analysis on the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method, to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of (114) plane of the crystal structure is equal to or higher than 0.5 and equal to or lower than 4.0, a squareness ratio of the magnetic recording medium in a vertical direction is equal to or higher than 0.65 and equal to or lower than 1.00, and a contact angle with 1-bromonaphthalene measured within a surface of the magnetic layer is in a range of 50.0° to 55.0°.

    Magnetic tape and method of manufacturing the same

    公开(公告)号:US10573341B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-25

    申请号:US15388911

    申请日:2016-12-22

    Abstract: The magnetic tape 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 fatty acid ester is contained in at least the magnetic layer, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder has a crystallite volume as determined by X-ray diffraction analysis ranges from 1,000 nm3 to 2,400 nm3, and a ratio of the crystallite size Dx(107) obtained from a diffraction peak of a (107) plane to a particle size in a direction of an easy axis of magnetization DTEM as determined by observation with a transmission electron microscope, Dx(107)/DTEM, is greater than or equal to 1.1, and ΔSFD in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape as calculated with Equation 1: ΔSFD=SFD25° C.−SFD−190° C., ranges from 0.50 to 1.60.

    Head tracking servo method for magnetic tape recording device

    公开(公告)号:US10546605B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US15920518

    申请日:2018-03-14

    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape and a TMR head (servo head), in which the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, an intensity ratio of a peak intensity Int(110) of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity Int(114) of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, and a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00.

    Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic particles and magnetic tape device

    公开(公告)号:US10510369B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US15626355

    申请日:2017-06-19

    Abstract: A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer. The total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.60 μm. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, and the magnetic layer includes an abrasive. In addition, the tilt cos θ of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with respect to the surface of the magnetic layer acquired by cross section observation performed using a scanning transmission electron microscope is 0.85 to 1.00.

    Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer and magnetic tape device

    公开(公告)号:US10431248B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US15614876

    申请日:2017-06-06

    Abstract: A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern. The center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 1.8 nm. One or more components selected from a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide are included in at least the magnetic layer, and the C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is greater than or equal to 45 atom %.

    Magnetic tape device and magnetic reproducing method

    公开(公告)号:US10410666B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15920544

    申请日:2018-03-14

    Abstract: The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape including a magnetic layer; and a TMR head (reproducing head), in which an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 to 65 atom %.

    Magnetic tape having characterized magnetic layer, tape cartridge, and recording and reproducing device

    公开(公告)号:US10403319B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15380309

    申请日:2016-12-15

    Inventor: Norihito Kasada

    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a nonmagnetic layer containing nonmagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder, abrasive, and binder on the nonmagnetic layer, wherein a thickness of the nonmagnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.50 μm, a coefficient of friction as measured on a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.35, and ΔSFD in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape as calculated with Equation 1, ΔSFD=SFD25° C.−SFD−190° C., is greater than or equal to 0.50, wherein, in Equation 1, SFD25° C. denotes a SFD as measured in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape in an environment with a temperature of 25° C., and SFD−190° C. denotes a SFD as measured in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape in an environment with a temperature of −190° C.

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