PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC METAL POWDER AND COATING FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A magnetic metal powder, having a large specific surface are, a high coersive force, a high dispersibility and an excellent corrosion resistance, is produced by converting an aciculate goethite having a silicon and/or aluminum compound layer formed thereon or an aciculate goethite modified with a metal other than iron into magnetite, forming thereon a nonferrous transition metal compound layer, further forming thereon a silicon or aluminum compound layer, and reducing the coated magnetite to prepare a magnetic metal powder mainly composed of iron and having on the surface thereof a layer containing a nonferrous transition metal element, characterized in that the formation of the silicon and/or aluminum compound layer on the aciculate goethite and/or the formation of the nonferrous transition metal layer on the magnetite are conducted while conducting dispersion by means of a disperser.