Abstract: A magnetic tape device, in which a magnetic tape is caused to run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, and the magnetic tape after running in a state where the tension is applied is caused to be wound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.40 N or less in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape, and an edge weave amount of a tape edge on at least one side of the magnetic tape is 1.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer in which the magnetic layer has a timing-based servo pattern, an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern, specified by magnetic force microscopy is a shape in which a difference between a value L99.9 of a cumulative distribution function of 99.9% and a value L0.1 of a cumulative distribution function of 0.1% in a position deviation width from an ideal shape of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction is 180 nm or less, and a difference between a spacing Safter measured on a surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry after methyl-ethyl-ketone cleaning and a spacing Sbefore measured on the surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry before methyl-ethyl-ketone cleaning is greater than 0 nm and 15.0 nm or less.

Abstract: A magnetic tape device, in which a magnetic tape is caused to run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, and the magnetic tape after running in a state where the tension is applied is caused to be wound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.40 N or less in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape, and a residual elongation of the magnetic tape is 0.05% or less.

Abstract: A magnetic tape device, in which a magnetic tape is caused to run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, the magnetic tape after running in a state where the tension is applied is caused to be wound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.40 N or less in the longitudinal direction, and a number distribution A of equivalent circle diameters of a plurality of bright areas and a number distribution B of equivalent circle diameters of a plurality of dark areas in a binarized image of a secondary electron image obtained by imaging a surface of the magnetic layer of the magnetic tape with a scanning electron microscope satisfy predetermined number distributions, respectively.

Abstract: A magnetic tape device, in which a magnetic tape is caused to run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, and the magnetic tape after running in a state where the tension is applied is caused to be wound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.40 N or less in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape, and a curvature of the magnetic tape in the longitudinal direction is 4 mm/m or less.

Abstract: A magnetic tape device, in which a magnetic tape is caused to run between a winding reel and a cartridge reel in a state where a tension is applied in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and a maximum value of the tension is 0.50 N or more, and the magnetic tape after running in a state where the tension is applied is caused to be wound around the cartridge reel by applying a tension of 0.40 N or less in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape, and an adhesive strength of the magnetic layer of the magnetic tape is 1.0 N or more, and an adhesive strength of the back coating layer is 1.0 N or more.

Abstract: The magnetic tape in which the followings are satisfied, after the magnetic layer is pressed at a pressure of 70 atm. A full width at half maximum of a spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 15.0 nm; a full width at half maximum of a spacing distribution measured after performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 15.0 nm; and a difference (Safter?Sbefore) between a spacing Safter measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer after performing the vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape and a spacing Sbefore measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 12.0 nm.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support, a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder on one surface of the non-magnetic support, and a back coating layer including a non-magnetic powder on the other surface of the non-magnetic support, in which a difference (Safter?Sbefore) between a spacing Safter measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the back coating layer after methyl ethyl ketone cleaning and a spacing Sbefore measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the back coating layer before methyl ethyl ketone cleaning is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 30.0 nm, and the non-magnetic support is an aromatic polyamide support having a moisture absorption of 2.2% or less.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer includes one or more components selected from the group consisting of fatty acid and fatty acid amide, a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on a surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is equal to or greater than 45 atom %, and an absolute value ?N of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured regarding an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured regarding a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which an absolute value ?N of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured regarding an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured regarding a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40, and a logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.050.

Abstract: Provided are a magnetic tape including: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which a total thickness of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 5.30 ?m, the magnetic layer has a servo pattern, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured on a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, and an absolute value ?N of a difference between a refractive index Nxy of the magnetic layer, measured in an in-plane direction and a refractive index Nz of the magnetic layer, measured in a thickness direction is 0.25 to 0.40, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer, in which the magnetic layer has a timing-based servo pattern, an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern, specified by magnetic force microscopy is a shape in which a difference L99.9?L0.1 between a value L99.9 of a cumulative distribution function of 99.9% and a value L0.1 of a cumulative distribution function of 0.1% in a position deviation width from an ideal shape of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction is 180 nm or less, and an absolute value ?N of a difference between a refractive index Nxy of the magnetic layer, measured in an in-plane direction and a refractive index Nz of the magnetic layer, measured in a thickness direction is 0.25 or more and 0.40 or less.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer, in which an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern, specified by magnetic force microscopy is a shape in which a difference between a value L99.9 of a cumulative distribution function of 99.9% and a value L0.1 of a cumulative distribution function of 0.1% in a position deviation width from an ideal shape of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction is 180 nm or less, and in which a difference between a spacing Safter measured on a surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry after ethanol cleaning and a spacing Sbefore measured on the surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry before ethanol cleaning is greater than 0 nm and 6.0 nm or less.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ?-iron oxide powder, and a coefficient of variation of particle size of the ?-iron oxide powder in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic layer is more than 5.00% and 15.00% or less.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is ?-iron oxide powder, and a coefficient of variation of an anisotropic magnetic field Hk in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape is 2.0% or more and 10.0% or less.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder in which the ferromagnetic powder is an ?-iron oxide powder, and a vertical squareness ratio of the magnetic recording medium measured after pressing the magnetic layer at a pressure of 70 atm is 0.50 to 0.95.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which the ferromagnetic powder is an ?-iron oxide powder, and a transition temperature Tc of the magnetic recording medium measured after pressing the magnetic layer at a pressure of 70 atm is 80° C. to 240° C.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder in which the ferromagnetic powder is ?-iron oxide powder, and a vertical magnetization amount ?m per unit area of the magnetic recording medium measured after pressing the magnetic layer at a pressure of 70 atm is 8.0 G·?m to 80.0 G·?m.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder in which the ferromagnetic powder is ?-iron oxide powder, and an anisotropic magnetic field Hk of the magnetic recording medium measured after pressing the magnetic layer at a pressure of 70 atm is 15,000 Oe to 40,000 Oe.

Abstract: Provided are a magnetic tape comprising a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on a non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer contains an oxide abrasive, an average particle diameter of the oxide abrasive obtained from a secondary ion image acquired by irradiating a surface of the magnetic layer with a focused ion beam is 0.04 ?m to 0.08 ?m, and an absolute value ?N of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured with respect to an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured with respect to a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 to 0.40, and a magnetic recording and reproducing device including the magnetic tape.