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Magnetic recording medium

Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1987-12-03
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Granted: 1989-07-11
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Expires: 2007-12-03
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Abstract

Abstract A magnetic recording medium is disclosed which comprises a non-magnetic support having coated thereon two magnetic layers, wherein an under layer of the magnetic layers contains ferromagnetic metal particles having a coercive force of 550 to 700 Oe, and wherein an upper layer of the magnetic layers contains a ferromagnetic particles having a specific surface area determined by the BET method of 25 to 35 m2/g, a coercive force of 700 to 800 Oe and a thickness of 0.5 to 2.5 mu m, wherein the entire magnetic layer including the upper layer and the under layer have a coervice force of 580 to 750 Oe, a residual magnetic flux density of 2200 to 3200 gauss and a thickness of 3.0 to 5.0 mu m.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masashi Aonuma
  • 👤 Masaaki Suzuki
  • 👤 Yasuo Tamai

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 19:02
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/68; G11B5/70; G11B5/716; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/256; Y10T428/257; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
A magnetic recording medium, comprising: a non-magnetic support having coated thereon two magnetic layers; wherein the under layer of the magnetic layers contains ferromagnetic metal particles having a coercive force of 550 to 700 Oe, and a saturation magnetization of from 130 to 170 emu/g; wherein the upper layer of the magnetic layers contains ferromagnetic metal particles having a specific surface area determined by the BET method of 25 to 35 m 2 /g, a coercive force of 700 to 800 Oe and a thickness of 0.5 to 2.5 μm and has a degree of surface gloss of not less than 50, and wherein the entire magnetic layer including the upper layer and the under layer has a coercive force of 580 to 750 Oe, a residual magnetic flux density of 2200 to 3200 gauss and a thickness of 3.0 to 5.0 μm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
A magnetic recording medium, comprising: a non-magnetic support having coated thereon two magnetic layers; wherein the under layer of the magnetic layers contains ferromagnetic metal particles having a coercive force of 550 to 700 Oe, and a saturation magnetization of from 130 to 170 emu/g; wherein the upper layer of the magnetic layers contains ferromagnetic metal particles having a specific surface area determined by the BET method of 25 to 35 m 2 /g, a coercive force of 700 to 800 Oe and a thickness of 0.5 to 2.5 μm and has a degree of surface gloss of not less than 50, and wherein the entire magnetic layer including the upper layer and the under layer has a coercive force of 580 to 750 Oe, a residual magnetic flux density of 2200 to 3200 gauss and a thickness of 3.0 to 5.0 μm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic metal particles in the under magnetic layer have a coercive force of 550 to 690 Oe.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said under magnetic layer has a thickness of 2.0 to 4.5 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 3, wherein said under magnetic layer has a thickness of 2.0 to 4.0 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said under magnetic layer has a residual magnetic flux of 0.5 to 1.5 MAXWELL/cm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 5, wherein said under magnetic layer has a residual magnetic flux of 0.8 to 1.3 MAXWELL/cm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 35 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic metal particles in the under magnetic layer have a specific surface area by the BET method of 20 to 30 m 2 /g.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 35 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 7, wherein said ferromagnetic metal particles in the under magnetic layer have a specific surface area by the BET method of 23 to 30 m 2 /g.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 31 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein said ferromagnetic metal particles in the upper magnetic layer have a specific surface area of 25 to 35 m 2 /g.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 21 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein said specific surface area is 28 to 35 m 2 /g.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 21 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein said specific surface area is 30 to 35 m 2 /g.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 28 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic metal particles in the upper magnetic layer have a coercive force of 720 to 800 Oe.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 28 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein said ferromagnetic metal particles in the upper magnetic layer have a coercive force of 730 to 800 Oe.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 25 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper magnetic layer has a degree of surface gloss of not less than 80.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 23 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said entire magnetic layer has a coercive force of 590 to 740 Oe.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 23 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said entire magnetic layer has a coercive force of 600 to 720 Oe.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 20 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said residual magnetic flux density is 2200 to 3100 gauss.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 20 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said residual magnetic flux density is 2300 to 3000 gauss.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 22 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the squareness ratio of said entire magnetic layer is 0.80 or more.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 22 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 19, wherein the squareness ratio of said entire magnetic layer is 0.82 or more.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 22 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 20, wherein the squareness ratio of said entire magnetic layer is 0.85 or more.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 22 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said entire magnetic layer has a thickness of 3.0 to 4.8 μm.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 72 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ferromagnetic metal particles of the upper layer have a metal content of 75 wt % or more and at least 50 wt % of the metal content is iron and wherein the ferromagnetic metal particles of the under layer have a metal content of 75 wt % or more and at least 50 wt % of the metal content is iron.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 72 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ferromagnetic metal particles of the upper layer have a metal content of 80 wt % or more and at least 65 wt % of the metal content is iron and wherein the ferromagnetic metal particles of the under layer have a metal content of 80 wt % or more and at least 65 wt % of the metal content is iron.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 72 words
The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ferromagnetic metal particles of the upper layer have a metal content of 85 wt % or more and at least 75 wt % of the metal content is iron and wherein the ferromagnetic metal particles of the under layer have a metal content of 85 wt % or more and at least 75 wt % of the metal content is iron.

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