Abstract: A magnetic tape in which a tape thickness of the magnetic tape is 5.2 ?m or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.

Abstract: A magnetic tape in which an edge weave amount of a tape edge on at least one side of the magnetic tape is 1.5 ?m or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.

Abstract: A magnetic tape in which a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak surface area ratio in C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy performed on a surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 atom % to 65 atom %, and in an environment with a temperature of 32° C.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which an edge portion Ra which is an arithmetic average roughness Ra measured at an edge portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is 1.50 nm or less, a central portion Ra which is an arithmetic average roughness Ra measured at a central portion of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.30 nm to 1.30 nm, and a Ra ratio (central portion Ra/edge portion Ra) is 0.75 to 0.95.

Abstract: A magnetic tape in which an arithmetic average roughness Ra measured at a surface of the magnetic layer with an atomic force microscope is 2.0 nm or less, and in an environment with a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50%, an AlFeSil abrasion value45° of a surface of the magnetic layer measured at a tilt angle of 45° of an AlFeSil prism is 20 ?m to 50 ?m, a standard deviation of an AlFeSil abrasion value of the surface of the magnetic layer measured at each of tilt angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° of the AlFeSil prism is 30 ?m or less, and the tilt angle of the AlFeSil prism is an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of the AlFeSil prism and a width direction of the magnetic tape.

Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge includes a case that accommodates a magnetic tape on which a plurality of servo bands and a plurality of data bands are formed, servo patterns being recorded in the servo bands, and a memory provided in the case. The memory stores servo pattern interval-related information related to a servo pattern interval determined for each of the plurality of data bands included in the magnetic tape. The servo pattern interval is commonly used for a plurality of division areas obtained by dividing the data band in a width direction of the magnetic tape, and is a representative interval between a first servo pattern and a second servo pattern.

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: A magnetic tape device. The angle ? formed by the axis of the element array of the magnetic head with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape is changed during running of the magnetic tape in the magnetic tape device. In a case where a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before storage in a predetermined environment and a servo band spacing obtained after storage in the environment for a storage time T is defined as A, and T is set to a plurality of predetermined times, a medium life calculated by a linear function of A and a logarithm loge T of T, that are derived from a value of A and a value of the logarithm loge T of T obtained for each T is 5 years or longer.

Abstract: A magnetic tape device. The angle ? formed by the axis of the element array of the magnetic head with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape is changed during running of the magnetic tape in the magnetic tape device. The magnetic tape satisfies Equation 1: TDSage+TDSenv?TC?0.10 ?m. In Equation 1, the TDSage is a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before storage for 24 hours in a predetermined environment and a servo band spacing obtained after the storage. TDSenv is a value calculated by multiplying a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of servo band spacings obtained in each of five predetermined environments by ½, and TC is a value calculated by TC=L{cos (?initial???)?cos (?initial+??)}.

Abstract: A magnetic tape device. The angle ? formed by the axis of the element array of the magnetic head with respect to a width direction of the magnetic tape is changed during running of the magnetic tape in the magnetic tape device. In a case where predetermined storage is defined as one cycle, a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before performing the storage and a servo band spacing obtained after the storage of N cycles is defined as A, and N is set to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, a medium life calculated by a linear function of A and a logarithm loge T of T, that are derived from a value of A and a value of the logarithm loge T of total storage time T of the storage of N cycles is 5 years or longer.

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: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 3.8.

Abstract: The magnetic tape cartridge group includes a plurality of magnetic tape cartridges. Regarding 100 reels of magnetic tape cartridges, in a case where a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before predetermined storage and a servo band spacing obtained after the predetermined storage is defined as A, an arithmetic mean of medium lives calculated by a linear function derived from a value of A obtained for different N and a value of the logarithm of total storage time T of the storage of N cycles is 3 years or longer and 3? is 1 year or shorter. Medium life: T in a case where A satisfies A=1.5?B. B: a value calculated by multiplying a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of servo band spacings obtained in each of the five environments by ½.

Abstract: Regarding 100 reels of magnetic tape cartridges in the magnetic tape cartridge group, in a case where a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before storage in a predetermined environment and a servo band spacing obtained after storage in the predetermined environment for storage time T is defined as A, an arithmetic mean of a medium lives calculated by a linear function derived from a value of A and a value of the logarithm loge T of T is 4 years or longer and 3? is 1 year or shorter. The medium life is T in a case where A satisfies Equation 1=1.5?B, and the B is a value calculated by multiplying a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the servo band spacings obtained in each of the five predetermined environments by ½.

Abstract: In the magnetic recording and reproducing device, a distal end width of the first magnetic pole in the recording element is substantially the same as a distal end width of the second magnetic pole; the reproducing element width of the reproducing element is equal to or less than 0.8 ?m; and in the magnetic recording medium, a number distribution A of equivalent circle diameters of a plurality of bright areas in a binarized image of a secondary electron image obtained by imaging a surface of the magnetic layer with a scanning electron microscope at an acceleration voltage of 5 kV, 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 the surface of the magnetic layer with a scanning electron microscope at an acceleration voltage of 2 kV satisfy predetermined number distribution, respectively.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which a difference (S0.5?S13.5) between a spacing S0.5 measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer under a pressing force of 0.5 atm after n-hexane cleaning and a spacing S13.5 measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer under a pressing force of 13.5 atm after n-hexane cleaning is equal to or smaller than 3.0 nm, and a magnetic recording and reproducing device including this magnetic recording medium.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer has a timing-based servo pattern, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, and an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or greater than 5.5.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including a non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic layer, in which a total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 ?m, the magnetic layer has a servo pattern, and an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or greater than 5.5.

Abstract: The magnetic tape in which a difference (S0.1?S1.6) between a spacing S0.1 and a spacing S1.6 obtained after n-hexane cleaning on a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or less than 32 nm. The S0.1 is a value obtained as a spacing under a pressing force of 0.1 atm from a relational expression between a pressure and a spacing obtained by performing a spacing measurement on the surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interference method under a pressing force of each of a plurality of different pressures after the n-hexane cleaning, and S1.6 is a spacing measured on the surface of the magnetic layer by the optical interference method under the pressing force of 1.6 atm after the n-hexane cleaning.

Abstract: In the magnetic tape, a magnetic tape deformation amount after storage for 3 months each in a predetermined environment is 0.50 ?m or less, a rate of a change in the magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in relative humidity is 0.0001 ?m/% to 0.0500 ?m/%, and a rate of a change in magnetic tape deformation amount with respect to a change in temperature is 0.0010 ?m/° C. to 0.1000 ?m/° C.