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Magnetic recording medium and recording/reproducing method therefor

US4837116A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 1987
Grant dateJun 6, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/25
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording medium comprising a ferromagnetic metal thin film layer primarily based on cobalt and formed on the surface of a flexible substrate, an organic topcoat layer containing a radiation curable compound having a molecular weight of less than 2,000, an anti-oxidant, and a lubricant on the surface of the metal thin film layer, and a backcoat layer containing an inorganic pigment, an organic binder, and a lubricant on the other surface of the substrate is provided with protrusions on its surface at an average density of at least 10.sup.5 /a.sup.2 per square millimeter of the surface, the protrusions having a height of 30 to 300 .ANG., where a is the distance of a gap in a magnetic head with which the medium is used in recording/reproducing operation.

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