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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic supporting substrate, and a magnetic layer on one surface thereof and a back coat layer on the other surface thereof, said back coat layer having a non-magnetic powder dispersed in a binder. The back coat layer contains carbon black and an inorganic powder as said non-magnetic powder. The carbon black contains a carbon black species having an average primary particle diameter of 40 to 70 nm, and the inorganic powder has an average primary particle diameter of 40 to 150 nm and a Mohs hardness of at least 3, with a weight ratio between said carbon black and said inorganic powder being 100:0.5 to 100:10. The binder comprises a phenoxy resin, a thermoplastic polyurethane resin having an amino group in a molecule thereof, and a polyisocyanate compound.