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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1976
Eberhard Koester, Frankenthal, DT;
Gerd Wunsch, Speyer, DT;
Eduard Schoenafinger, Ludwigshafen, DT;
Hans Henning Schneehage, Mutterstadt, DT;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DT;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of acicular gamma-iron(III) oxide, in which the non-magnetic, acicular iron(III) oxide is treated with a solution of a compound of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are ##STR2## or O--R.sup.5, R.sup.3 is H, OH, ##STR3## or O--R.sup.5, R.sup.4 is alkyl or cycloalkyl of 1 to 16 carbon atoms and the R.sup.4 's may be identical or different, and R.sup.5 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl of 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and is then converted to gamma-iron(III) oxide by reduction to magnetite, followed by oxidation. The gamma-iron(III) oxide obtained is distinguished by a high coercive force and improved magnetic orientation when used as a magnetic pigment for the manufacture of magnetic recording media.