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Magnetic recording medium

US6800356B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2003
Grant dateOct 5, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/265
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording medium comprising: a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder; a non-magnetic support; and a backcoating layer comprising a non-magnetic powder and a binder, in this order, wherein the backcoating layer comprises 0.3 to 5% by weight of at least one of a fatty acid having 10 to 26 carbon atoms and an ester thereof, the backcoating layer has projections having a height of 100 nm or smaller as measured with an atomic force microscope, and a density of projections on the backcoating layer which have a height of 25 to 100 nm as measured with an atomic force microscope is 1000 or fewer per 90 &mgr;m side square.

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