摘要:
An aspect of the present invention relates to a binder composition for a magnetic recording medium, which comprises a vinyl copolymer comprising a structural unit denoted by general formula [1]: wherein, in general formula [1], R1 denotes a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a methyl group, L1 denotes a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Y an alicyclic group; a structural unit denoted by general formula [2]: wherein, in general formula [2], R2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a methyl group, L2 denotes a single bond or a divalent linking group, and Z denotes a hydrocarbon group with a carbon number ranging from 8 to 50; and a structural unit denoted by general formula [3]: wherein, in general formula [3], R3 denotes a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a methyl group, and L3 denotes a single bond or a divalent linking group.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprising coating a magnetic layer coating liquid comprising a ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder and a binder to form a coating film, subjecting the coating film to orientation processing while the coating film is still wet, and drying the coating film to form a magnetic layer. The magnetic layer coating liquid is prepared by subjecting a ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder with an average plate diameter of 10 to 50 nm to a dry comminution step, subjecting the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder to a first dispersion step together with a binder to prepare a dispersion liquid, and sequentially subjecting the dispersion liquid obtained to a second dispersion step and a filtering step. The dispersion liquid obtained by the first dispersion step comprises a dry solid component in an amount, as measured after filtration, of 15 percent or less.