Abstract: The magnetic recording medium has a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer which is provided on the support and contains ferromagnetic powder and a binder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the magnetic layer contains an abrasive, an intensity ratio (Int (110)/Int (114)) of a peak intensity Int (110) of a diffraction peak of (110) plane of a crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite, determined by performing X-ray diffraction analysis on the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method, to a peak intensity Int (114) of a diffraction peak of (114) plane of the crystal structure is equal to or higher than 0.5 and equal to or lower than 4.0, and a squareness ratio in a vertical direction is equal to or higher than 0.65 and equal to or lower than 1.00. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the magnetic recording medium.

Abstract: Hexagonal ferrite magnetic particles have an activation volume ranging from 1,000 nm3 to 1,500 nm3, and ?E10%/kT, thermal stability at 10% magnetization reversal, is equal to or greater than 40.

Abstract: Provided is magnetic powder capable of enhancing simultaneously both magnetic characteristics including SNP and durability of a magnetic recording medium. The hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium has a Ba/Fe molar ratio of 8.0% or more, a Bi/Fe molar ratio of 2.5% or more and an Al/Fe molar ratio of from 3.0 to 6.0%. The magnetic powder preferably has an activation volume Vact of from 1,400 to 1,800 nm3. The magnetic powder particularly preferably has a coercive force Hc of from 159 to 279 kA/m (which is approximately from 2,000 to 3,500 Oe) and a coercivity distribution SFD of from 0.3 to 1.0. The magnetic powder may contain, as an element that substitutes an Fe site of the hexagonal ferrite, at least one kind selected from divalent transition metals M1 and tetravalent transition metals M2.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape, which comprises, on a nonmagnetic support, a nonmagnetic layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder, and on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder; wherein at least the magnetic layer comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide; a quantity of components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide per unit area of the magnetic tape among components that are extracted from a surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 15.0 mg/m2, and a concentration of carbon, C, that is obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy conducted at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on the surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is greater than or equal to 50 atom %.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium has a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, and the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder has a crystallite volume as determined by X-ray diffraction analysis ranges from 1,000 nm3 to 2,400 nm3, and a ratio of the crystallite size Dx(107) obtained from a diffraction peak of a (107) plane to a particle size in a direction of an easy axis of magnetization DTEM as determined by observation with a transmission electron microscope, Dx(107)/DTEM, is greater than or equal to 1.1.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape, which comprises, on a nonmagnetic support, a nonmagnetic layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder, and on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder; wherein a total thickness of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 4.80 ?m; at least the magnetic layer comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide; and a C—H derived carbon, C, concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio in a C1s spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy conducted at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is greater than or equal to 45 atom %.

Abstract: The magnetic tape has a nonmagnetic layer containing nonmagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on the nonmagnetic layer, wherein a fatty acid ester is contained in at least the magnetic layer, the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder has a crystallite volume as determined by X-ray diffraction analysis ranges from 1,000 nm3 to 2,400 nm3, and a ratio of the crystallite size Dx(107) obtained from a diffraction peak of a (107) plane to a particle size in a direction of an easy axis of magnetization DTEM as determined by observation with a transmission electron microscope, Dx(107)/DTEM, is greater than or equal to 1.1, and ?SFD in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape as calculated with Equation 1: ?SFD=SFD25° C.?SFD?190° C., ranges from 0.50 to 1.60.

Abstract: The magnetic tape has a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the magnetic layer contains a fatty acid ester, the full width at half maximum of the spacing distribution as measured by optical interferometry on the magnetic layer side surface of the magnetic tape before vacuum heating the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 5.0 nm, the full width at half maximum of the spacing distribution after vacuum heating the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 5.0 nm, and the difference between the spacing Safter after vacuum heating the magnetic tape and the spacing Sbefore before vacuum heating the magnetic tape, Safter?Sbefore, is greater than 0 nm but less than or equal to 8.0 nm.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic tape comprising a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein ?SFD in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape as calculated with Equation 1 ranges from 0.35 to 1.50: ?SFD=SFD25° C.?SFD?190° C.??Equation 1 wherein, in Equation 1, SFD25° C. denotes a switching field distribution SFD as measured in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape in an environment with a temperature of 25° C., and SFD?190° C. denotes a switching field distribution SFD as measured in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape in an environment with a temperature of ?190° C.

Abstract: The magnetic tape has a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the centerline average surface roughness Ra as measured on the surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 1.8 nm, and the logarithmic decrement as determined by a pendulum viscoelasticity test on the surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 0.050.

Abstract: The magnetic tape has a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on the surface on one side of a nonmagnetic support and has a backcoat layer containing nonmagnetic powder and binder on the surface on the other side of the nonmagnetic support, wherein the backcoat layer is less than or equal to 0.30 ?m in thickness; and the logarithmic decrement as determined by a pendulum viscoelasticity test on the surface on the backcoat layer side of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 0.060.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium has a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, and the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder has a crystallite volume as determined by X-ray diffraction analysis ranges from 1,000 nm3 to 2,400 nm3, and a ratio of the crystallite size Dx(107) obtained from a diffraction peak of a (107) plane to a particle size in a direction of an easy axis of magnetization DTEM as determined by observation with a transmission electron microscope, Dx(107)/DTEM, is greater than or equal to 1.1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tire rubber composition that makes it possible to suppress discoloration of tires, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a tire rubber composition containing a bluing agent.

Abstract: A hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium, containing magnetic powder contains hexagonal ferrite particles having coated on the surface thereof an aluminum hydroxide material, having a Ba/Fe molar ratio of 0.080 or more, a Bi/Fe molar ratio of 0.025 or more, and an Al/Fe molar ratio of from 0.030 to 0.200. The magnetic powder preferably has an activation volume Vact of from 1,300 to 2,000 nm3. The magnetic powder particularly preferably has a coercive force Hc of from 159 to 287 kA/m (approximately from 2,000 to 3,600 Oe) and a coercivity distribution SFD of from 0.3 to 1.0. The magnetic powder may contain one or two or more kinds of a divalent transition metal M1 and a tetravalent transition metal M2, as an element that replaces Fe of the hexagonal ferrite. The magnetic powder has improved magnetic characteristics including SNR and durability.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape, which comprises, on a nonmagnetic support, a nonmagnetic layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder, and on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder; wherein at least the magnetic layer comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide; a quantity of components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide per unit area of the magnetic tape among components that are extracted from a surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 15.0 mg/m2, and a concentration of carbon, C, that is obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy conducted at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on the surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is greater than or equal to 50 atom %.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic tape, which comprises, on a nonmagnetic support, a nonmagnetic layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder, and on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder; wherein a total thickness of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 4.80 ?m; at least the magnetic layer comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide; and a C—H derived carbon, C, concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio in a C1s spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy conducted at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees on a surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is greater than or equal to 45 atom %.

Abstract: The magnetic tape comprises, on a nonmagnetic support, a nonmagnetic layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder, and on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder, nonmagnetic powder, and binder, wherein a total thickness of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 4.80 ?m, and a coefficient of friction as measured on a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.35.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder, which has an activation volume ranging from 900 nm3 to 1,600 nm3, and a ratio of a coefficient of plate thickness variation to a coefficient of particle diameter variation, coefficient of plate thickness variation/coefficient of particle diameter coefficient, ranging from 0.20 to 0.60.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic tape comprising a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein ?SFD in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape as calculated with Equation 1 ranges from 0.35 to 1.50: ?SFD=SFD25° C.?SFD?190° C.??Equation 1 wherein, in Equation 1, SFD25° C. denotes a switching field distribution SFD as measured in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape in an environment with a temperature of 25° C., and SFD?190° C. denotes a switching field distribution SFD as measured in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape in an environment with a temperature of ?190° C.

Abstract: Provided is magnetic powder capable of enhancing simultaneously both magnetic characteristics including SNP and durability of a magnetic recording medium. The hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium has a Ba/Fe molar ratio of 8.0% or more, a Bi/Fe molar ratio of 2.5% or more and an Al/Fe molar ratio of from 3.0 to 6.0%. The magnetic powder preferably has an activation volume Vact of from 1,400 to 1,800 nm3. The magnetic powder particularly preferably has a coercive force Hc of from 159 to 279 kA/m (which is approximately from 2,000 to 3,500 Oe) and a coercivity distribution SFD of from 0.3 to 1.0. The magnetic powder may contain, as an element that substitutes an Fe site of the hexagonal ferrite, at least one kind selected from divalent transition metals M1 and tetravalent transition metals M2.