Toda Kogyo Corporation

Ryo Iwai

Naoki Uchida

Koso Aoki

Hiromitsu Misawa

Mamoru Kamigaki

Shinji Uemoto

Eiichi Kurita

Kaori Kinoshita

Nobuya Shimo

Kazushi Takama

Hiroshi Akai

Kazuya Fujita

Black magnetic iron oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 2.0 &#x3bc;m and an electric resistance value at an applied voltage of 100 V of not less than 1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm. Also a magnetic carrier for electrophotographic developer having spherical magnetic composite particles obtained by dispersing black magnetic iron oxide particles in a binder resin. The magnetic carrier has an electric resistance value Rat an applied voltage of 100 V of 1&#xd7;10to 1&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm, and an electric resistance value Rat an applied voltage of 300 V which satisfies the relationship represented by the formula:0.1&#x2266;300/100&#x2266;1.

Black magnetic iron oxide particles, magnetic carrier for electrophotographic developer and two-component developer

The present invention relates to black magnetic iron oxide particles comprising magnetite as a main component, wherein when the black magnetic iron oxide particles are molded into a tablet shape, an electric resistance value of the tablet in an alternating current electric field is controlled to produce an impedance of not less than 2&#xd7;10&#x3a9;cm as measured in a characteristic frequency range thereof. The black magnetic iron oxide particles according to the present invention can provide a toner capable of exhibiting a good charging performance and a uniform charging property under the high-temperature and high-humidity conditions, so that when developing an electrostatic latent image therewith, it is possible to obtain toner images having a high resolution or definition, and further the use of heavy metal elements in the black magnetic iron oxide particles can be minimized.

Black magnetic iron oxide particles

The present invention relates to a black magnetic iron oxide particles each having a polyhedral shape wherein when a percentage of dissolution of iron element based on a total amount of iron element contained in the black magnetic iron oxide particles is 50%, a percentage of dissolution of sulfur element based on a total amount of sulfur element contained in the black magnetic iron oxide particles is less than 40%.

Black magnetic iron oxide particles having a specific dissolution of sulfur element

The present invention relates to black magnetic iron oxide particles comprising core particles and a surface layer formed on a surface of the respective core particles which is made of a compound of at least one alkali earth metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba and an aluminum element, in which a content of the at least one alkali earth metal element present in the surface layer is from 100 ppm to 1000 ppm on the basis of a whole weight of the black magnetic iron oxide particles; a content of the aluminum element present in the surface layer is from 1000 ppm to 20000 ppm on the basis of a whole weight of the black magnetic iron oxide particles; a ratio [A/B] of the content [A (ppm)] of the aluminum element to the content [B (ppm)] of the at least one alkali earth metal element present in the surface layer is from 1 to 100; and a molded product comprising said black magnetic iron oxide particles has a breakdown voltage of not less than 400 V/cm.

Black magnetic iron oxide particles having high breakdown voltage

There are provided magnetic iron oxide particles having an average particle diameter (Dp) of primary particles of 0.05 to 0.3 &#x3bc;m, an average particle diameter (Da) of secondary particles of 0.055 to 0.9 &#x3bc;m, and a ratio of the average particle diameter (Da) of the secondary particles to the average particle diameter (Dp) of the secondary particles (Da/Dp) of 1.1 to 3.0, as well as a magnetic toner containing the magnetic iron oxide particles. The magnetic iron oxide particles of the present invention are in the form of small agglomerated particles and exhibit an excellent dispersibility, and the magnetic toner using the magnetic iron oxide particles is excellent in electrification stability.

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