Abstract:
A resin-coated carrier for an electrophotographic developer and a process of producing the carrier. The carrier comprises a ferrite core mainly comprising iron oxide, primarily having a spinel structure, and having a volume average particle size of 20 to 45 nullm and a resin coat, wherein the carrier has a magnetization of 65 to 80 emu/g in a magnetic field of 1 KOe, the core has an electric current value of 50 to 150 nullA and a surface smoothness uniformity of 75% or higher, and the amount of the resin coat is 0.1 to 5.0% by weight based on the core.
Abstract:
A carrier core material containing at least one metal oxide (MLO) having a melting point of not higher than 1000null C. and at least one metal oxide (MHO) having a melting point of not lower than 1800null C., wherein the metal (MH) for constituting the metal oxide (MHO) has an electrical resistivity of not less than 10null5 nullnullcm. Also disclosed is a two-component developing agent comprising a coated carrier, which comprises the carrier core material coated with a resin, and toner particles. Further disclosed is an image forming method comprising developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive member with the two-component developing agent using an alternating electric field. The carrier core material and the coated carrier have high magnetization and are free from occurrence of leakage of electric charge over a wide range of electric field from low electric field to high electric field. According to the two-component developing agent of the invention, an excellent image can be formed.
Abstract:
A carrier for an electrophotographic developer comprising spherical magnetic core particles which have a volume average particle size of 25 to 45 nullm, an average void size of 10 to 20 nullm, a volume based particle size distribution having less than 1% of 22 nullm or smaller particles, a magnetization of 67 to 88 emu/g in a magnetic field of 1 kOe, and a difference of 10 emu/g or smaller in magnetization in a magnetic field of 1 kOe between scattered particles and remaining particles.