Hitachi Maxell, Limited

Kenichi Inoue

Masaya Funahashi

Akira Miyake

Teruhisa Miyata

Kohji Norimatsu

Kunio Mizushima

A magnetic recording medium improved in durability over a wide range of temperature which comprises a substrate and a magnetic layer comprising magnetic powder and a resinous binder formed on the substrate, characterized in that the magnetic layer further comprises a monovalent alcohol ester of a fatty acid and a straight chain saturated fatty acid ester of not less than 28 carbon atoms in a weight proportion of 99:1 to 1:99 in a combined amount of 0.1 to 20 percent by weight based on the weight of the magnetic powder.

Magnetic recording medium

A magnetic recording disc having a high durability and good electromagnetic conversion characteristics which comprises a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer provided on at least one surface of the support, wherein the magnetic layer comprises magnetic powder, a resinous binder, polishing particles and a lubricating agent, characterized in that the polishing particles have a Mohs' scale of hardness of not less than 7 and an average particle size of 0.25 r to 0.75 r (r being the thickness (.mu.m) of the magnetic layer) and the lubricating agent is a fatty acid ester having a melting point of not higher than 10.degree. C.

A magnetic recording medium improved in durability at an elevated temperature which comprises a substrate and a magnetic layer comprising magnetic powder and a resinous binder formed on the substrate, characterized in that the magnetic layer further comprises an ester of a polyvalent alcohol with a fatty acid in an amount of 0.01 to 40 parts by weight to one part by weight of the magnetic powder.

A magnetic recording disc having a high durability and being rotatively driven with small starting torque which comprises a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer provided on at least one surface of the support, the magnetic layer comprising magnetic powder, a resinous binder, (a) an ester of an unsaturated fatty acid of 8 to 18 carbon atoms with a monovalent or polyvalent, saturated or unsaturated alcohol of not more than 18 carbon atoms optionally substituted with at least one alkoxy group having not more than 8 carbon atoms and (b) a fatty acid ester of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having not more than 18 carbon atoms and n is an integer of 1 or more, the combined amount of the unsaturated fatty acid ester (a) and the fatty acid ester (b) being not less than 5 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of the magnetic powder.

A magnetic recording medium which comprises a substrate and a magnetic layer comprising magnetic powder and a resinous binder formed on the substrate, characterized in that the magnetic layer further comprises a lubricant and an unsaturated fatty acid ester, which is improved in durability.

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