Magnetic recording medium having a lower layer containing a specified polyurethane binder

摘要

The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium having high durability and excellent electromagnetic transfer characteristics and having a lower coating layer, which contains a binder and has high dispersion property and durability. The magnetic recording medium comprises a lower coating layer where non-magnetic powder or ferromagnetic power is dispersed in a binder and an upper magnetic layer where ferromagnetic powder is dispersed in a binder, said two layers being placed on a non-magnetic support member, whereby the binder of the lower coating layer comprises polyurethane resin, which is a reaction product using diol and organic diisocyanate as major materials, the polyurethane resin contains short-chain diol having cyclic structure by 17 to 40 weight %, and the polyurethane resin contains long-chain diol, containing ether groups by 1.0 to 5.0 mmol/g to the entire polyurethane resin, by 10 to 50 weight %.