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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1996
Yuichi Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Kazuhiro Okamoto, Miyagi, JP;
Kazuo Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Haruo Ishizaki, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium according to the present invention exhibits not only a good surface property but also a high electromagnetic transduction characteristic. The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a lower layer provided on the non-magnetic substrate and composed of a non-magnetic powder and a binder and an upper layer provided on the lower layer and composed of a ferromagnetic powder and a binder, wherein the upper layer has a thickness of not more than 0.5 .mu.m, and the lower layer contains as said non-magnetic powder an acicular iron oxide powder which has a longer axis length of 0.05 to 0.2 .mu.m and an aspect ratio of 2 to 10.