Merchant & Gould P.C.
Magnetic recording medium
 The present invention provides a thin multilayer magnetic recording medium having improved electromagnetic conversion property and durability, comprising coating layers of a lower non-magnetic layer and an upper magnetic layer. The non-magnetic layer of this magnetic recording medium comprises a non-magnetic needle body having an average major axis length of 0.25 to 1.0 .mu.m and an average minor axis length of 0.005 to 0.0151 .mu.m, a first binding resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg.sub.1) of 30 to 50.degree. C., and fatty acid ester. The content of the first binding resin is 15 to 30 wt % with respect to the non-magnetic needle body. The content of the fatty acid ester is 2 to 15 wt % with respect to the first binding resin. The magnetic layer having a dry thickness of 0.5 .mu.m or less comprises ferromagnetic powder and a second binding resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg.sub.2) of 40 to 70.degree. C. Tg.sub.1 is at least 5.degree. C. lower than Tg.sub.2, and the entire thickness comprising the layers and the film is 12 .mu.m or less. 
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Yukihiro Kazunori Takumi Tetuo Fumio Hirofumi Kiyoshi
Shimasaki Kubota Haneda Fuchi Echigo Ito Kobata