Toda Kogyo Corporation

Kohji Mori

Yasutaka Ota

Kenji Okinaka

Hirofumi Kawasaki

Akio Mishima

Norimichi Nagai

Mamoru Tanihara

Tosiharu Harada

Masayuki Uegami

Akihisa Kajiyama

Kousaku Tamari

Tomoko Okita

Kazumichi Koga

Akinori Yamamoto

Haruki Kurokawa

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yoshiro Okuda

Katsunori Fujimoto

Kunio Ikemoto

Hiroshi Sumita

Masaru Isoai

Minoru Yamasaki

Katsumi Yamashita

Yosiro Okuda

Atsushi Takedoi

Manabu Matsumoto

Hiroyuki Kondo

Kunihiro Kouchi

Yoshitaka Yoshinaga

Hiroki Kamon

According to the present invention, there are provided lithium titanate particles which exhibit an excellent initial discharge capacity and an enhanced high-efficiency discharge capacity retention rate as an active substance for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and a process for producing the lithium titanate particles, and Mg-containing lithium titanate particles.

Lithium titanate particles and process for producing the lithium titanate particles, Mg-containing lithium titanate particles and process for producing the Mg-containing lithium titanate particles, negative electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

Secondary agglomerates of magnetic metal particles for magnetic recording, have a sodium content of not more than 20 ppm and a calcium content of not more than 40 ppm, an average particle diameter of 300 to 800 &mgr;m and an upper limit of particle diameters of 2,000 &mgr;m, and comprise magnetic metal primary particles having an average major axis diameter of 0.05 to 0.25 &mgr;m.

Secondary agglomerates of magnetic metal particles for magnetic recording and process for producing the same

Magnetic acicular alloy particles containing iron as a main component

The present invention relates to spindle-shaped goethite particles and spindle-shaped hematite particles, which have a narrow particle size distribution, include no dendrites, and have an appropriate particle shape and a large aspect ratio (major axial diameter/minor axial diameter); and spindle-shaped magnetic iron based alloy particles which are obtained from the spindle-shaped goethite particle or spindle-shaped hematite particles as a beginning material and which have a high coercive force and an excellent coercive force distribution. Such spindle-shaped goethite particles comprises: goethite seed containing 0.5 to 25 atm % of Co based on the total Fe in the spindle-shaped goethite particles, and goethite surface layer containing 0.5 to 15 atm % of Al based on the total Fe in the spindle-shaped goethite particles; and having an average major axial diameter of 0.05 to 1.0 &mgr;m.

Spindle-shaped goethite particles, spindle-shaped hematite particles and spindle-shaped magnetic iron based alloy particles

The present invention relates to spindle-shaped goethite particles and spindle-shaped hematite particles, which have a narrow particle size distribution, include no dendrites, and have an appropriate particle shape and a large aspect ratio (major axial diameter/minor axial diameter); and spindle-shaped magnetic iron based alloy particles which are obtained from the spindle-shaped goethite particle or spindle-shaped hematite particles as a beginning material and which have a high coercive force and an excellent coercive force distribution. Such spindle-shaped goethite particles comprises: goethite seed containing 0.5 to 25 atm % of Co based on the total Fe in the spindle-shaped goethite particles, and goethite surface layer containing 0.5 to 15 atm % of Al based on the total Fe in the spindle-shaped goethite particles; and having an average major axial diameter of 0.05 to 1.0 .mu.m.

Spindle-shaped goethite particles, spindle-shaped hematite particles and

Disclosed herein are spindle-shaped magnetic iron based alloy particles containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Al, Si, P, Co, Mg, B and Zn, which have a particle length of 0.05 to 0.40 .mu.m, a crystallite size of 110 to 180 .ANG., a specific surface area of 30 to 60 m.sup.2 /g, a coercive force of 1,300 to 1,700 Oe and a saturation magnetization (.sigma.s) of not less than 100 emu/g and a process for producing the same.

Spindle-shaped magnetic iron based alloy particles and process for

Disclosed herein are granulated particles for magnetic particles for magnetic recording, comprising: acicular ferric hydroxide oxide particles or acicular iron oxide particles; and at least one selected from the group consisting of semisynthetic starch and semisynthetic cellulose and having a bulk density of not less than 0.3 g/cm.sup.3 and a powdering ratio of not more than 40%, and a process for producing the granulated particles, and magnetic particles obtained from such granulated particles.

Granulated particles for magnetic particles for magnetic recording, and

Spindle-shaped magnetic iron based alloy particles

Disclosed herein are acicular magnetic iron based alloy particles for magnetic recording, containing 1.5 to 10 mol % of B based on Fe (calculated as B) and 1.5 to 10 mol % of Co based on Fe (calculated as Co) in the vicinity of the surfaces of said particles and having a saturation magnetization of not less than 125 emu/g and an S.F.D. value of not more than 0.50, and a process for producing the same.

Acicular magnetic iron based alloy particles for magnetic recording and

Disclosed herein are magnetic iron oxide particles comprising spindle-like magnetite or maghemite particles having an aspect ratio(major:minor) of less than 4:1 and containing 0.1 to 20 atomic % of Si to Fe, and a process for producing the same.

Spindle-like magnetic iron oxide particles and process for producing the

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