Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer which is cured by irradiating radiation onto the magnetic layer in which magnetic or magnetizable powder material surface-treated with a silicon compound having a silanol group and/or a silanol-forming group upon hydrolysis and a double-bond sensitive to radiation irradiated is present with a binder. The magnetic recording medium having the aforesaid structure has a sufficient durability.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium according to the present invention contains the magnetic layer comprising the magnetic or magnetizable powders or particles and the binder wherein the binder compound is represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R is methyl group or ethyl group, R.sub.1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X is a group having a double bond, and Y is a group having a double bond, i is a number in the range of approximately 200 to 800, j is a number in the range of approximately 10 to 200, k is a number in the range up to approximately 200, l is a number in the range of approximately 3 to 100, and m is a number in the range of approximately 1 to 50).

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium having low friction coefficient and superior in aging characteristics is disclosed. The magnetic recording medium is provided with a lubricant which is strongly bonded to the magnetic recording medium by a bombardment of an electron beam. In one embodiment, the lubricant containing a molecular chain having a lubricating property, and a double bond sensitive to dissociation products such as free radicals are coated on a magnetic layer and then electron beam irradiates the magnetic layer. A radical reaction then occurs causing a covalent bond of the lubricant to the magnetic recording layer.