Magnetic recording medium

• US 6,254,964 B1
• Filed: 03/08/1999
• Issued: 07/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Nobuo, Saito, Shinji, Noguchi, Hitoshi, Nakamikawa, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Resan, Stevan A.
• Application Number:
  US09/267,929
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 428/141, 428/336, 428/323, 428/328, 428/329, 428/694.BU, 428/694.BP, 428/694.BS, 428/694.BR, 428/694.BN, 428/694.BA, 428/694.BH, 428/900
• US Class Current: 428/840.6
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/70 on a base layer
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/71 characterised by the lubricant
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/714 characterised by the dimension of the magnetic particles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/25 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and including a second component containing structurally defined particles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/256 Heavy metal or aluminum or compound thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/257 Iron oxide or aluminum oxide
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/265 1 mil or less

Abstract

A magnetic recording medium is disclosed, which comprises a support having thereon a substantially nonmagnetic lower layer and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic metal powder or a ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder dispersed in a binder formed on the lower layer, which is a magnetic recording medium for recording signals having areal recording density of from 0.17 to 2 G bit/inch², wherein the coercive force of the magnetic layer is 1,800 Oe or more, the average long axis length of the ferromagnetic metal powder is 0.15 μm or less, and the average particle size of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder is 0.10 μm or less; or wherein the dry thickness of the magnetic layer is from 0.05 to 0.30 μm, φm is from 10.0×10⁻³ to 1.0×10⁻³ emu/cm², and the coercive force of the magnetic layer is 1,800 Oe or more.

The object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium which is markedly improved in electromagnetic characteristics, particularly, high density recording characteristics, and is excellent in durability: and to provide a high capacity magnetic recording medium, in particular, a disc-like magnetic recording medium, having a high recording capacity of from 0.17 to 2 Gbit/inch².

Claims

1. A magnetic recording medium which comprises a support having thereon a substantially nonmagnetic lower layer and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic metal powder or a ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder dispersed in a binder formed on the lower layer, which is a magnetic recording medium for recording signals having areal recording density of from 0.20 to 2 G bit/inch², wherein the coercive force of said magnetic layer is 1,800 Oe or more, the average long axis length of said ferromagnetic metal powder is 0.15 μ

m or less, the average particle size of said ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder is 0.10 μ

m or less;

the dry thickness of said magnetic layer is from 0.05 to 0.30 μ

m, φ

_m is from 10.0×

10<sup>−

3</sup> to 1.0×

10<sup>−

3</sup> emu/cm², and wherein said magnetic layer has a central plane average surface roughness of 5.0 nm or less measured by a 3D-MIRAU method.

2. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dry thickness of said magnetic layer is from 0.05 to 0.25 μ

m and the φ

m is preferably from 8.0×

10<sup>−

3</sup> to 1.0×

10<sup>−

3</sup> emu/cm².

3. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer has a coercive force of 2,100 Oe or more, and said ferromagnetic metal powder has an average long axis length of 0.12 μ

m or less or said ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder has an average particle size of 0.10 μ

m or less.

4. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for a system of a high transfer rate of 1.0 MB/sec. or more.

5. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for a high capacity floppy disc system of disc rotation speed of 2,000 rpm or more.

6. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic metal powder comprises Fe as a main component, has an average long axis length of from 0.12 μ

m or less, and an acicular ratio of from 3.0 to 9.0.

7. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic metal powder comprises Fe as a main component, has an average long axis length of 0.10 μ

m or less, and a crystallite size of from 80 to 180 Å

.

8. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said support has a central plane average surface roughness of 5.0 nm or less measured by 3D-MIRAU method.

9. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said support has a thermal shrinkage factor of 0.5% or less at 100°

C. for 30 minutes and a thermal shrinkage factor of 0.2% or less at 80°

C. for 30 minutes in every direction of in-plane of said support.

10. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said support has a temperature expansion coefficient of from 10⁻

4 to 10<sup>−

8</sup>/°

C. in every direction of in-plane of said support.

11. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer and/or magnetic layer contain(s) at least a lubricant having a fluid lubrication function and a lubricant having a boundary lubrication function.

12. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein said lubricant contains a fatty acid and a fatty acid ester having the same fatty acid residues with each other.

13. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein said fatty acid of said lubricant contains at least a saturated fatty acid and said fatty acid ester of said lubricant contains at least a saturated fatty acid ester or an unsaturated fatty acid ester.

14. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein said fatty acid ester of said lubricant contains a monoester and a diester.

15. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein said fatty acid ester of said lubricant contains a saturated fatty acid ester and an unsaturated fatty acid ester.

16. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein the surface of said magnetic layer has a C/Fe peak ratio of from 5 to 100 when the surface is measured by the Auger electron spectroscopy.

17. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer contains a carbon black having a particle size of from 5 to 80 nm and said magnetic layer contains a carbon black having a particle size of from 5 to 300 nm.

18. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer contains a carbon black having an average particle size of from 5 to 80 nm and a carbon black having an average particle size of larger than 80 nm.

19. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer and said magnetic layer each contains a carbon black having an average particle size of from 5 to 80 nm.

20. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer contains an acicular inorganic powder having an average long axis length of 0.20 μ

m or less and an acicular ratio of from 4.0 or 9.0.

21. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer contains an acicular inorganic powder and said magnetic layer contains an acicular ferromagnetic metal powder, and the average long axis length of said acicular inorganic powder is from 1.1 to 3.0 times the average long axis length of said acicular ferromagnetic metal powder.

22. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer and/or said magnetic layer contain(s) a phosphorus compound and said lower layer contains an acicular or spherical inorganic powder.

23. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer contains at least an abrasive having an average particle size of from 0.01 to 0.30 μ

m.

24. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer contains at least a diamond particle having an average particle size of 2.0 μ

m or less.

25. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer contains two kinds of abrasives having a Mohs'"'"' hardness of 9 or more.

26. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer contains an α

-alumina and a diamond particle.

27. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer and/or said magnetic layer contain(s) at least a polyurethane having a glass transition temperature of from 0°

C. to 100°

C.

28. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lower layer and/or said magnetic layer contain(s) at least a polyurethane having a breaking stress of from 0.05 to 10 kg/mm².

29. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said magnetic layer has a dry thickness of from 0.05 to 0.20 μ

m and said magnetic layer contains an abrasive having an average particle size of 0.4 μ

m or less.

30. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for recording signals having areal recording density of from 0.35 to 2 G bit/inch².

31. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for a high capacity floppy disc system of disc rotation speed of 3,000 rpm or more.

32. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for a system of a high transfer rate of 2.0 MB/sec. or more.

33. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium which has realized subordination transposition capable of recording/reproduction with conventional 3.5 inch type floppy discs.

34. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for a high capacity floppy disc system adopting a dual discrete gap head having both a narrow gap for high density recording and a broad gap for conventional 3.5 inch type floppy discs.

35. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for a high capacity floppy disc system adopting a head which floats by disc rotation.

36. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, which is a magnetic recording medium for a high capacity floppy disc system adopting a head which floats by disc rotation and, at the same time, a linear type voice coil motor as a driving motor of the head.

37. The magnetic recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said support is polyethylene terephthalate or polyamide.