Abstract A magnetic recording medium comprising a plastic base film, a magnetic layer formed on one side of the base film and composed of a ferromagnetic alloy powder dispersed in a resin binder, and a backing layer formed on the other side of the base film, characterized in that said ferromagnetic alloy powder has a surface area of at least 48 m 2 /g as measured by BET method, said magnetic layer has a coercive force of at least 1,000 Oe and a surface roughness of at most 0.08 μm, and said backing layer is composed essentially of a thermoset or radiation-cured resin and carbon black dispersed in the resin, and has a surface roughness of from 0.05 to 0.6 μm, said carbon black having an average particle size of from 10 to 60 μm as measured by an electron microscope.
A magnetic recording medium comprising a plastic base film, a magnetic layer formed on one side of the base film and composed of a ferromagnetic alloy powder dispersed in a resin binder, and a backing layer formed on the other side of the base film, characterized in that said ferromagnetic alloy powder has a surface area of at least 48 m 2 /g as measured by BET method, said magnetic layer has a coercive force of at least 1,000 Oe and a surface roughness of at most 0.08 μm, and said backing layer is composed essentially of a thermoset or radiation-cured resin and carbon black dispersed in the resin, and has a surface roughness of from 0.05 to 0.6 μm, said carbon black having an average particle size of from 10 to 60 mμm as measured by an electron microscope.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A magnetic recording medium comprising a plastic base film, a magnetic layer formed on one side of the base film and composed of a ferromagnetic alloy powder dispersed in a resin binder, and a backing layer formed on the other side of the base film, characterized in that said ferromagnetic alloy powder has a surface area of at least 48 m 2 /g as measured by BET method, said magnetic layer has a coercive force of at least 1,000 Oe and a surface roughness of at most 0.08 μm, and said backing layer is composed essentially of a thermoset or radiation-cured resin and carbon black dispersed in the resin, and has a surface roughness of from 0.05 to 0.6 μm, said carbon black having an average particle size of from 10 to 60 mμm as measured by an electron microscope.
Claim 3
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The magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the thermoset resin is made of a thermosetting binder comprising a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer, a polyurethane prepolymer and a polyisocyanate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The magnetic recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the thermosetting binder further contains nitrocellulose.
Claim 5
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The magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the radiation-cured resin is made of a radiation curable binder composed essentially of a radiation sensitive resin having radiation curable acrylic, maleic or allyl-type double bonds.