INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS

摘要

The invention provides an intermediate transfer member which is excellent in transfer property and tight adhesion and exhibits excellent durability (release property, void generation resistance and cracking resistance) even after long-term use or storage under severe conditions; and an image formation apparatus provided with the intermediate transfer member. An intermediate transfer member comprising a substrate and the first inorganic compound layer and second inorganic compound layer lying on the substrate in this order from the substrate side, characterized in that the film thickness ratio of the second inorganic compound layer to the first inorganic compound layer is 1.0 to 5.0 and that the carbon content of the first inorganic compound layer is 0.5 to 10% by the number of atoms and the carbon content of the second inorganic compound layer is less than 0.1 % by the number of atoms.