THERMAL RECORDING MATERIAL

摘要

A thermal recording material includes a condensation reaction product of a carboxylic acid component (A) with a polyhydric alcohol component (B) in a thermal recording layer as an essential component, wherein the carboxylic acid component (A) includes (poly) 4-hydroxybenzoic acid represented by the following general formula (I) as an essential component and another monocarboxylic acid and/or dicarboxylic acid as an arbitrary component, and wherein the polyhydric alcohol component (B) includes a polyhydric alcohol which is a trihydric or more alcohol as an essential component and a dihydric low molecular-weight alcohol as an arbitrary component. <CHEM> wherein in the general formula(I), a letter p denotes an integer ranging from 0 to 2.